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Ilika (IKA) Competitors

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GBX 41.30 +1.30 (+3.25%)
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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

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

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
Luceco8.41% 19.86% 8.58%
Ilika -631.68%-22.47%-15.68%

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
Luceco£227.36M1.02£19.13M£11.8712.10
Ilika£799.03K86.24-£5.05M-£3.03-13.61

In the previous week, Ilika had 1 more articles in the media than Luceco. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Ilika and 0 mentions for Luceco. Luceco's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Ilika's score of 0.85 indicating that Luceco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Luceco Positive
Ilika Positive

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

23.7% of Luceco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.1% of Ilika shares are held by institutional investors. 57.8% of Luceco shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Ilika shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding IKA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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£68.91M£3.91B£7.78B£3.01B
Dividend Yield0.76%3.60%4.54%5.02%
P/E Ratio-13.6110.7025.11149.15
Price / Sales86.241,693.67117.06254,247.77
Price / Cash1.9612.4427.3527.97
Price / Book3.233.764.434.57
Net Income-£5.05M-£40.66M£791.63M£5.90B
7 Day Performance0.24%-0.46%1.01%7.46%
1 Month Performance23.28%10.47%5.17%11.33%
1 Year Performance58.85%7.24%34.12%81.12%

Ilika Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IKA
Ilika
N/AGBX 41.30
+3.3%
N/A+56.3%£68.91M£799.03K-13.6172News Coverage
Gap Up
LUCE
Luceco
N/AGBX 150.40
-0.1%
N/A-13.8%£241.80M£227.36M12.671,504
XPP
XP Power
3.3369 of 5 stars
GBX 920
-1.1%
GBX 1,470
+59.8%
-39.7%£222.58M£289.20M-15.222,435News Coverage
Positive News
SUP
Supreme
N/AGBX 189
+0.5%
N/A+0.0%£220.04M£219.82M9.867,800Trending News
High Trading Volume
CWR
Ceres Power
2.2637 of 5 stars
GBX 86.66
+2.3%
GBX 340
+292.3%
-46.9%£168.93M£39.90M-4.19591
AFC
AFC Energy
N/AGBX 15.21
-1.3%
N/A-17.1%£130.17M£497.29K-5.82120Positive News
Gap Down
DIA
Dialight
N/AGBX 189
-3.6%
N/A-8.6%£75.29M£160.31M-3.271,358Gap Down
DWHA
Dewhurst Group
N/AGBX 550
+6.8%
N/A-13.8%£68.06M£93.67M8.38338Gap Up
DWHT
Dewhurst Group
N/AGBX 838
+4.8%
N/A-39.7%£55.64M£50.25M6.85338Dividend Increase
Gap Up
GELN
Gelion
N/AGBX 24.20
+0.8%
N/A+17.1%£30.69MN/A-3.7043
EAAS
eEnergy Group
2.2841 of 5 stars
GBX 4.35
-3.5%
GBX 12
+175.9%
-29.7%£16.84M£19.19M-3.89131Gap Down

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This page (LON:IKA) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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