LTBR vs. ABSI, SHAP, ZH, RGP, RMNI, MPLN, AHG, BAER, HQI, and TCX
Should you be buying Lightbridge stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lightbridge include Absci (ABSI), Spree Acquisition Corp. 1 (SHAP), Zhihu (ZH), Resources Connection (RGP), Rimini Street (RMNI), MultiPlan (MPLN), Akso Health Group (AHG), Bridger Aerospace Group (BAER), HireQuest (HQI), and Tucows (TCX). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Lightbridge vs.
Absci (NASDAQ:ABSI) and Lightbridge (NASDAQ:LTBR) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
Lightbridge has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Absci's net margin of -2,321.56%. Lightbridge's return on equity of -37.03% beat Absci's return on equity.
Lightbridge received 69 more outperform votes than Absci when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.75% of users gave Absci an outperform vote while only 59.76% of users gave Lightbridge an outperform vote.
Absci has a beta of 2.04, suggesting that its stock price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lightbridge has a beta of 2.19, suggesting that its stock price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500.
52.1% of Absci shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.1% of Lightbridge shares are held by institutional investors. 9.8% of Absci shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of Lightbridge shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Absci presently has a consensus target price of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 193.10%. Given Absci's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Absci is more favorable than Lightbridge.
Lightbridge has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Absci. Lightbridge is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Absci, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Absci had 5 more articles in the media than Lightbridge. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Absci and 3 mentions for Lightbridge. Lightbridge's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Absci's score of 0.59 indicating that Lightbridge is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Absci and Lightbridge tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:LTBR) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
