Lightbridge (LTBR) Competitors

Emerald (NYSE:EEX) and Lightbridge (NASDAQ:LTBR) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EEX or LTBR?

Emerald received 87 more outperform votes than Lightbridge when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.76% of users gave Lightbridge an outperform vote while only 59.31% of users gave Emerald an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Emerald	Outperform Votes 188 59.31%	Underperform Votes 129 40.69%
Lightbridge	Outperform Votes 101 59.76%	Underperform Votes 68 40.24%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, EEX or LTBR?

Lightbridge has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Emerald. Emerald is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lightbridge, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Emerald	$398.80M	1.95	-$8.20M	-$0.05	-77.90
Lightbridge	N/A	N/A	-$7.91M	-$0.81	-9.54

Do analysts recommend EEX or LTBR?

Emerald presently has a consensus price target of $7.90, indicating a potential upside of 102.82%. Given Emerald's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Emerald is more favorable than Lightbridge.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Emerald	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Lightbridge	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media prefer EEX or LTBR?

In the previous week, Lightbridge had 2 more articles in the media than Emerald. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Lightbridge and 1 mentions for Emerald. Emerald's average media sentiment score of 1.82 beat Lightbridge's score of 0.55 indicating that Emerald is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Emerald	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Lightbridge	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of EEX or LTBR?

14.9% of Emerald shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.1% of Lightbridge shares are held by institutional investors. 11.5% of Emerald shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of Lightbridge shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, EEX or LTBR?

Emerald has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lightbridge has a beta of 2.21, suggesting that its share price is 121% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is EEX or LTBR more profitable?

Lightbridge has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Emerald's net margin of -5.29%. Emerald's return on equity of -13.26% beat Lightbridge's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Emerald	-5.29%	-13.26%	-1.92%
Lightbridge	N/A	-37.03%	-35.89%

Summary

Emerald beats Lightbridge on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.