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Dialight (DIA) Competitors

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GBX 241.79 -5.61 (-2.27%)
As of 12:11 PM Eastern

DIA vs. TFW, XPP, LUCE, SUP, AFC, IKA, DWHT, DWHA, GELN, and EAAS

Should you be buying Dialight stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dialight include FW Thorpe (TFW), XP Power (XPP), Luceco (LUCE), Supreme (SUP), AFC Energy (AFC), Ilika (IKA), Dewhurst Group (DWHT), Dewhurst Group (DWHA), Gelion (GELN), and eEnergy Group (EAAS). These companies are all part of the "electrical equipment & parts" industry.

Dialight vs. Its Competitors

FW Thorpe (LON:TFW) and Dialight (LON:DIA) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.

In the previous week, FW Thorpe and FW Thorpe both had 2 articles in the media. FW Thorpe's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Dialight's score of 0.66 indicating that FW Thorpe is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
FW Thorpe
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Dialight
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

FW Thorpe has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dialight has a beta of 0.3, meaning that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
FW Thorpe£175.22M2.00£24.42M£0.211,433.32
Dialight£183.50M0.52-£23.05M-£0.34-702.88

FW Thorpe has a net margin of 13.83% compared to Dialight's net margin of -14.38%. FW Thorpe's return on equity of 14.28% beat Dialight's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
FW Thorpe13.83% 14.28% 8.02%
Dialight -14.38%-34.63%0.05%

6.8% of FW Thorpe shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.3% of Dialight shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.5% of FW Thorpe shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Dialight shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

FW Thorpe beats Dialight on 10 of the 12 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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DIA vs. The Competition

MetricDialightElectrical Equipment & Parts IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£96.20M£4.99B£7.72B£2.60B
Dividend Yield3.46%3.70%4.60%5.30%
P/E Ratio-702.88159.52303.004,396.31
Price / Sales0.525,844.171,321.97100,736.07
Price / Cash45.0712.5327.8527.90
Price / Book1.704.164.878.06
Net Income-£23.05M-£40.66M£791.48M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-0.09%4.68%-0.83%-0.11%
1 Month Performance14.05%33.15%3.79%2.21%
1 Year Performance40.17%80.67%28.39%145.00%

Dialight Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DIA
Dialight
N/AGBX 241.79
-2.3%
N/A+43.4%£96.20M£183.50M-702.881,358
TFW
FW Thorpe
N/AGBX 298.67
+0.2%
N/A-3.0%£347.24M£175.22M1,417.52900Positive News
XPP
XP Power
N/AGBX 932
+1.4%
GBX 1,245
+33.6%
-24.6%£261.26M£231.10M-1,646.642,435
LUCE
Luceco
N/AGBX 136.36
-1.3%
GBX 160
+17.3%
-16.8%£205.31M£258.60M1,466.191,504High Trading Volume
SUP
Supreme
N/AGBX 173
+0.6%
N/A+2.4%£202.96M£231.08M887.187,800Trending News
AFC
AFC Energy
N/AGBX 9.80
-2.0%
N/A+11.1%£110.89M£3.61M-426.09120Positive News
IKA
Ilika
N/AGBX 40
flat
N/A+100.0%£72.33M£73.50K-1,129.9472Gap Up
DWHT
Dewhurst Group
N/AGBX 810
-10.0%
N/A-32.2%£62.65M£65.06M1,156.32338Dividend Increase
Gap Down
DWHA
Dewhurst Group
N/AGBX 565
-5.8%
N/A-2.6%£43.70M£65.06M806.57338Gap Down
GELN
Gelion
N/AGBX 21.50
-4.4%
N/A+40.5%£38.02MN/A-398.1543Gap Up
EAAS
eEnergy Group
N/AGBX 5.03
-1.3%
GBX 12
+138.5%
-15.7%£19.49M£29.10M-422.86131Gap Down

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This page (LON:DIA) was last updated on 10/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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