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$0.98 -0.05 (-4.87%)
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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.

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

In the previous week, Lightwave Logic had 1 more articles in the media than Deswell Industries. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Lightwave Logic and 1 mentions for Deswell Industries. Deswell Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Lightwave Logic's score of 0.62 indicating that Deswell Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Deswell Industries Very Positive
Lightwave Logic Positive

Deswell Industries has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lightwave Logic has a beta of 2.08, indicating that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.

27.0% of Lightwave Logic shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.0% of Deswell Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Lightwave Logic shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

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

Deswell Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Lightwave Logic.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Deswell Industries$66.81M0.58$7.71MN/AN/A
Lightwave Logic$95.61K1,279.26-$21.04M-$0.19-5.16

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
Deswell IndustriesN/A N/A N/A
Lightwave Logic -19,416.81%-61.49%-54.66%

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LWLG vs. The Competition

MetricLightwave Logicplastics products IndustryMaterials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$122.30M$122.30M$3.08B$7.84B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A5.14%4.05%
P/E Ratio-5.44N/A77.2118.67
Price / Sales1,279.261,279.2624,351,377,058,410,700.0088.62
Price / CashN/AN/A24.3434.64
Price / Book3.163.165.074.10
Net Income-$21.04M-$21.04M$153.99M$246.93M
7 Day Performance-11.71%-5.86%0.23%-3.62%
1 Month Performance-19.01%-9.50%5.62%-6.69%
1 Year Performance-79.15%-39.57%24.95%-1.88%

Lightwave Logic Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LWLG
Lightwave Logic
0.1891 of 5 stars
$0.98
-4.9%
N/A-78.2%$121.69M$95,605.00-5.4220
DSWL
Deswell Industries
2.4091 of 5 stars
$2.36
+0.9%
N/A+4.7%$37.61M$66.81M0.00990Positive News
High Trading Volume
YHGJ
Yunhong Green CTI
0.4869 of 5 stars
$1.15
+2.7%
N/A-36.5%$29.72M$18.56M-14.3770Short Interest ↑
NEWH
NewHydrogen
N/A$0.03
-0.7%
N/A+158.1%$21.14MN/A0.002
NCL
Northann
N/A$0.21
-8.3%
N/A-68.7%$7.90M$15.58M-1.0573News Coverage
Gap Down
FORD
Forward Industries
0.4677 of 5 stars
$3.79
flat
N/A-31.7%$4.17M$29.66M0.00100Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
AZEK
AZEK
3.248 of 5 stars
$48.67
+17.6%
$54.93
+12.9%
-2.7%$6.99B$1.49B49.162,236Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
NWL
Newell Brands
4.7841 of 5 stars
$6.73
+4.3%
$10.81
+60.6%
-22.8%$2.80B$7.58B-12.9428,000Short Interest ↑
Positive News
SWIM
Latham Group
1.6481 of 5 stars
$6.67
+7.2%
$7.66
+14.8%
+62.4%$772.23M$508.52M74.122,390
KRT
Karat Packaging
2.9286 of 5 stars
$28.51
-0.1%
$32.00
+12.2%
-7.1%$571.26M$422.63M20.36680
VHI
Valhi
2.0619 of 5 stars
$18.18
+4.2%
$20.00
+10.0%
-5.4%$514.35M$2.10B5.832,250
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This page (NASDAQ:LWLG) was last updated on 4/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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