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Lightwave Logic (LWLG) Competitors

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$0.93 -0.04 (-3.64%)
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LWLG vs. DSWL, YHGJ, NEWH, NCL, FORD, AZEK, NWL, SWIM, KRT, and VHI

Should you be buying Lightwave Logic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lightwave Logic include Deswell Industries (DSWL), Yunhong Green CTI (YHGJ), NewHydrogen (NEWH), Northann (NCL), Forward Industries (FORD), AZEK (AZEK), Newell Brands (NWL), Latham Group (SWIM), Karat Packaging (KRT), and Valhi (VHI).

Lightwave Logic vs.

Lightwave Logic (NASDAQ:LWLG) and Deswell Industries (NASDAQ:DSWL) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Deswell Industries has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Lightwave Logic's net margin of -19,416.81%. Deswell Industries' return on equity of 0.00% beat Lightwave Logic's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lightwave Logic-19,416.81% -61.49% -54.66%
Deswell Industries N/A N/A N/A

Deswell Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Lightwave Logic.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lightwave Logic$95.61K1,210.79-$21.04M-$0.19-4.89
Deswell Industries$66.81M0.55$7.71MN/AN/A

27.0% of Lightwave Logic shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Lightwave Logic shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 39.0% of Deswell Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Lightwave Logic has a beta of 2.11, suggesting that its share price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Deswell Industries has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Deswell Industries had 1 more articles in the media than Lightwave Logic. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Deswell Industries and 1 mentions for Lightwave Logic. Lightwave Logic's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Deswell Industries' score of 0.44 indicating that Lightwave Logic is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Lightwave Logic Positive
Deswell Industries Neutral

Deswell Industries received 134 more outperform votes than Lightwave Logic when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Lightwave LogicN/AN/A
Deswell IndustriesOutperform Votes
134
68.72%
Underperform Votes
61
31.28%

Summary

Deswell Industries beats Lightwave Logic on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LWLG vs. The Competition

MetricLightwave Logicplastics products IndustryMaterials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$115.76M$115.76M$2.96B$7.57B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A5.23%4.32%
P/E Ratio-5.16N/A76.3617.82
Price / Sales1,210.791,210.7924,272,056,611,906,300.0094.61
Price / CashN/AN/A24.3234.64
Price / Book3.003.005.194.00
Net Income-$21.04M-$21.04M$154.96M$247.23M
7 Day Performance-4.82%-2.41%5.30%1.45%
1 Month Performance-14.77%-7.39%2.39%-6.24%
1 Year Performance-76.78%-38.39%15.95%0.60%

Lightwave Logic Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LWLG
Lightwave Logic
0.0314 of 5 stars
$0.93
-3.6%
N/A-76.5%$115.76M$95,605.00-5.1620
DSWL
Deswell Industries
1.3084 of 5 stars
$2.21
-3.5%
N/A+0.9%$35.22M$66.81M0.00990Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
YHGJ
Yunhong Green CTI
1.1971 of 5 stars
$1.01
-3.8%
N/A-31.1%$26.11M$18.56M-12.6370Short Interest ↓
Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
NEWH
NewHydrogen
N/A$0.02
+17.0%
N/A+206.7%$15.50MN/A0.002
NCL
Northann
N/A$0.20
+3.6%
N/A-56.0%$7.03M$15.58M-1.0273
FORD
Forward Industries
0.5679 of 5 stars
$5.21
-23.4%
N/A+2.0%$5.74M$29.66M0.00100Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
AZEK
AZEK
3.5717 of 5 stars
$44.73
-3.3%
$54.13
+21.0%
+0.9%$6.43B$1.49B45.182,236Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
NWL
Newell Brands
4.7444 of 5 stars
$4.89
-4.5%
$10.58
+116.4%
-33.5%$2.04B$7.58B-9.4028,000Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
SWIM
Latham Group
2.2887 of 5 stars
$5.26
-3.7%
$7.66
+45.6%
+44.2%$608.99M$508.52M58.452,390Positive News
KRT
Karat Packaging
4.0729 of 5 stars
$24.50
-1.8%
$32.00
+30.6%
-8.6%$490.91M$422.63M17.50680News Coverage
Positive News
VHI
Valhi
2.8109 of 5 stars
$16.13
-2.3%
$20.00
+24.0%
+5.5%$456.43M$2.10B5.172,250News Coverage
Gap Up
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This page (NASDAQ:LWLG) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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