LYTS vs. POWL, THR, AMSC, PLPC, FCEL, ETN, EMR, ROP, AME, and ROK
Should you be buying LSI Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LSI Industries include Powell Industries (POWL), Thermon Group (THR), American Superconductor (AMSC), Preformed Line Products (PLPC), FuelCell Energy (FCEL), Eaton (ETN), Emerson Electric (EMR), Roper Technologies (ROP), AMETEK (AME), and Rockwell Automation (ROK). These companies are all part of the "electrical components & equipment" industry.
LSI Industries vs.
LSI Industries (NASDAQ:LYTS) and Powell Industries (NASDAQ:POWL) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and valuation.
LSI Industries received 62 more outperform votes than Powell Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.37% of users gave LSI Industries an outperform vote while only 60.98% of users gave Powell Industries an outperform vote.
LSI Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Powell Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. LSI Industries pays out 26.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Powell Industries pays out 8.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Powell Industries has higher revenue and earnings than LSI Industries. Powell Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LSI Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Powell Industries has a net margin of 15.15% compared to LSI Industries' net margin of 4.47%. Powell Industries' return on equity of 35.48% beat LSI Industries' return on equity.
73.9% of LSI Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Powell Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 8.2% of LSI Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Powell Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
LSI Industries has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Powell Industries has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Powell Industries had 3 more articles in the media than LSI Industries. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Powell Industries and 6 mentions for LSI Industries. LSI Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Powell Industries' score of 0.74 indicating that LSI Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
LSI Industries currently has a consensus price target of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 63.08%. Powell Industries has a consensus price target of $312.00, suggesting a potential upside of 90.84%. Given Powell Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Powell Industries is more favorable than LSI Industries.
Summary
Powell Industries beats LSI Industries on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:LYTS) was last updated on 3/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
