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Ilika (IKA) Competitors

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GBX 46.75 -1.15 (-2.40%)
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IKA vs. LUCE, XPP, SUP, CWR, AFC, DIA, DWHA, DWHT, GELN, and EAAS

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

Ilika vs. Its Competitors

Ilika (LON:IKA) and Luceco (LON:LUCE) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.

Luceco has a net margin of 8.41% compared to Ilika's net margin of -631.68%. Luceco's return on equity of 19.86% beat Ilika's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ilika-631.68% -22.47% -15.68%
Luceco 8.41%19.86%8.58%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ilika£799.03K97.61-£5.05M-£3.03-15.41
Luceco£227.36M1.00£19.13M£11.8711.97

50.1% of Ilika shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.7% of Luceco shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Ilika shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.8% of Luceco shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Ilika has a beta of 1.94, indicating that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Luceco has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Ilika had 2 more articles in the media than Luceco. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Ilika and 1 mentions for Luceco. Luceco's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Ilika's score of 0.04 indicating that Luceco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ilika
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Luceco
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Luceco beats Ilika on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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IKA vs. The Competition

MetricIlikaElectrical Equipment & Parts IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£78.00M£3.87B£7.62B£3.02B
Dividend Yield0.76%3.60%4.55%5.02%
P/E Ratio-15.4110.6125.26165.88
Price / Sales97.611,410.12104.17285,131.44
Price / Cash1.9612.4127.5927.97
Price / Book3.653.724.434.46
Net Income-£5.05M-£40.66M£797.00M£5.90B
7 Day Performance18.92%2.72%0.93%3.82%
1 Month Performance33.57%9.66%6.28%9.81%
1 Year Performance68.17%10.77%30.24%74.29%

Ilika Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IKA
Ilika
N/AGBX 46.75
-2.4%
N/A+84.2%£78.00M£799.03K-15.4172News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Gap Down
LUCE
Luceco
N/AGBX 146.40
+0.1%
N/A-18.2%£235.37M£227.36M12.341,504News Coverage
Positive News
XPP
XP Power
3.2029 of 5 stars
GBX 905
+0.7%
GBX 1,470
+62.4%
-43.3%£218.95M£289.20M-14.972,435News Coverage
Positive News
SUP
Supreme
N/AGBX 176.50
+0.6%
N/A-1.1%£205.48M£219.82M9.207,800Trending News
Gap Up
CWR
Ceres Power
2.1286 of 5 stars
GBX 97.73
-0.6%
GBX 340
+247.9%
-45.9%£190.50M£39.90M-4.73591High Trading Volume
AFC
AFC Energy
N/AGBX 15.19
+0.2%
N/A-38.2%£129.94M£497.29K-5.81120News Coverage
Earnings Report
Gap Up
DIA
Dialight
N/AGBX 191.36
-0.8%
N/A+0.0%£76.23M£160.31M-3.311,358
DWHA
Dewhurst Group
N/AGBX 549
+4.6%
N/A-19.2%£67.94M£93.67M8.37338Earnings Report
Gap Up
DWHT
Dewhurst Group
N/AGBX 837
+4.6%
N/A-43.7%£55.57M£50.25M6.84338News Coverage
Dividend Increase
Gap Down
GELN
Gelion
N/AGBX 25.80
+5.3%
N/A-11.1%£32.72MN/A-3.9543
EAAS
eEnergy Group
N/AGBX 3.92
-3.3%
GBX 12
+206.5%
-29.5%£15.16M£19.19M-3.50131

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This page (LON:IKA) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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