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Light Science Technologies (LST) Competitors

GBX 2.60
-0.10 (-3.70%)
(As of 06/12/2024 ET)

LST vs. PPIX, ZYT, PSL, BOU, CPX, HDT, TWD, SDM, DSCV, and TTG

Should you be buying Light Science Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Light Science Technologies include ProPhotonix (PPIX), Zytronic (ZYT), Photonstar Led Group (PSL), Bould Opportunities (BOU), CAP-XX (CPX), Holders Technology (HDT), Trackwise Designs (TWD), 25130 (SDM.L) (SDM), discoverIE Group (DSCV), and TT Electronics (TTG). These companies are all part of the "electronic components" industry.

Light Science Technologies vs.

ProPhotonix (LON:PPIX) and Light Science Technologies (LON:LST) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and earnings.

In the previous week, Light Science Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled ProPhotonix'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
ProPhotonix Neutral
Light Science Technologies Neutral

ProPhotonix has a net margin of 0.00% compared to ProPhotonix's net margin of -23.12%. Light Science Technologies' return on equity of 0.00% beat ProPhotonix's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ProPhotonixN/A N/A N/A
Light Science Technologies -23.12%-72.75%-17.90%

8.6% of Light Science Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 67.0% of Light Science Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

ProPhotonix has higher revenue and earnings than Light Science Technologies. Light Science Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ProPhotonix, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ProPhotonix£14.52M0.56N/A£1.008.75
Light Science Technologies£8.96M0.94-£2.07M-£0.01-260.00

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ProPhotonix
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Light Science Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

ProPhotonix received 61 more outperform votes than Light Science Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ProPhotonixOutperform Votes
61
63.54%
Underperform Votes
35
36.46%
Light Science TechnologiesN/AN/A

Summary

ProPhotonix beats Light Science Technologies on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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LST vs. The Competition

MetricLight Science TechnologiesElectronic Components IndustryComputer SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£8.43M£783.52M£22.23B£1.53B
Dividend YieldN/A2.60%2.71%11.86%
P/E Ratio-260.00266.29251.821,763.49
Price / Sales0.94285.40549.37277,946.13
Price / Cash3.2541.0330.4334.84
Price / Book2.602.406.812.70
Net Income-£2.07M£27.38M£629.43M£176.40M
7 Day Performance-7.14%-0.75%0.73%4.07%
1 Month Performance-6.47%-0.92%1.71%8.79%
1 Year Performance121.28%5.71%12.30%15.19%

Light Science Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PPIX
ProPhotonix
0 of 5 stars
GBX 8.75
+6.1%
N/A+0.0%£8.16M£14.52M8.75N/A
ZYT
Zytronic
0 of 5 stars
GBX 57.50
flat
N/A-45.6%£5.84M£8.61M-383.33121
PSL
Photonstar Led Group
0 of 5 stars
GBX 0.05
+25.0%
N/AN/A£3.15M£3.62M-0.09N/AGap Up
High Trading Volume
BOU
Bould Opportunities
0 of 5 stars
GBX 0.02
flat
N/A+0.0%£2.85M£74,000.00-0.23N/AGap Down
CPX
CAP-XX
0 of 5 stars
GBX 0.08
flat
N/A-95.3%£2.31M£4.28M-7.95N/A
HDT
Holders Technology
0 of 5 stars
GBX 50.50
flat
N/A-30.3%£2.13M£8.73M-388.4653
TWD
Trackwise Designs
0 of 5 stars
N/AN/AN/A£899,000.00£7.70M-8.75132
SDM
25130 (SDM.L)
0 of 5 stars
N/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.00N/A
DSCV
discoverIE Group
2.0482 of 5 stars
GBX 717
+0.4%
GBX 977.50
+36.3%
-24.5%£687.24M£448.30M3,259.094,500Dividend Increase
Positive News
TTG
TT Electronics
3.1671 of 5 stars
GBX 151
+0.7%
GBX 228.33
+51.2%
-10.0%£267.47M£613.90M-3,775.004,945

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This page (LON:LST) was last updated on 6/13/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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