LPA vs. GELN, PPS, DWHA, EAAS, DGI, AMTE, CLSN, SMS, VLX, and TFW
Should you be buying LPA Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LPA Group include Gelion (GELN), Proton Motor Power Systems (PPS), Dewhurst Group (DWHA), eEnergy Group (EAAS), DG Innovate (DGI), AMTE Power (AMTE), Calisen (CLSN), Smart Metering Systems (SMS), Volex (VLX), and FW Thorpe (TFW). These companies are all part of the "electrical equipment & parts" industry.
LPA Group (LON:LPA) and Gelion (LON:GELN) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
In the previous week, LPA Group had 2 more articles in the media than Gelion. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for LPA Group and 0 mentions for Gelion. Gelion's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat LPA Group's score of -0.13 indicating that Gelion is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
LPA Group has a net margin of 3.96% compared to Gelion's net margin of 0.00%. LPA Group's return on equity of 5.64% beat Gelion's return on equity.
LPA Group received 112 more outperform votes than Gelion when rated by MarketBeat users.
25.0% of LPA Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.4% of Gelion shares are held by institutional investors. 58.8% of LPA Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 47.0% of Gelion shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
LPA Group has a beta of 0.13, meaning that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gelion has a beta of -0.26, meaning that its stock price is 126% less volatile than the S&P 500.
LPA Group has higher revenue and earnings than Gelion. Gelion is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LPA Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
LPA Group beats Gelion on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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