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London Security (LSC) Competitors

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GBX 3,755 +105.00 (+2.88%)
As of 08/4/2025 04:27 AM Eastern

LSC vs. MRL, JNEO, SNX, FA, CSSG, WSG, NWT, MORT, PEG, and THRU

Should you be buying London Security stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of London Security include Marlowe (MRL), Journeo (JNEO), Synectics (SNX), FireAngel Safety Technology Group (FA), Croma Security Solutions Group (CSSG), Westminster Group (WSG), Newmark Security (NWT), Mortice (MORT), Petards Group (PEG), and Thruvision Group (THRU). These companies are all part of the "security & protection services" industry.

London Security vs. Its Competitors

London Security (LON:LSC) and Marlowe (LON:MRL) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.

In the previous week, London Security had 1 more articles in the media than Marlowe. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for London Security and 0 mentions for Marlowe. London Security's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Marlowe's score of 0.00 indicating that London Security is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
London Security Positive
Marlowe Neutral

55.5% of Marlowe shares are owned by institutional investors. 99.0% of London Security shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.3% of Marlowe shares are owned 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.

London Security has a beta of 0.33, indicating that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marlowe has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

London Security has a net margin of 10.34% compared to Marlowe's net margin of -2.03%. London Security's return on equity of 14.69% beat Marlowe's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
London Security10.34% 14.69% 9.47%
Marlowe -2.03%-2.33%1.41%

Marlowe has a consensus price target of GBX 588, suggesting a potential upside of 33.64%. Given Marlowe's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Marlowe is more favorable than London Security.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
London Security
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Marlowe
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
London Security£218.64M2.08£22.60M£189.5819.81
Marlowe£418.37M0.84-£8.48M-£10.75-40.92

Summary

London Security beats Marlowe on 10 of the 16 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 LSC 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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LSC vs. The Competition

MetricLondon SecuritySecurity & Protection Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£453.97M£93.50M£7.58B£3.07B
Dividend Yield3.44%6.78%4.56%5.02%
P/E Ratio19.8188.0124.97166.23
Price / Sales2.0860.5798.08308,656.68
Price / Cash9.399.5928.0727.97
Price / Book2.882.754.284.53
Net Income£22.60M£366.94K£797.27M£5.90B
7 Day PerformanceN/A-1.17%1.00%1.25%
1 Month PerformanceN/A0.18%1.86%3.70%
1 Year PerformanceN/A38.63%33.59%57.75%

London Security Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LSC
London Security
N/AGBX 3,755
+2.9%
N/AN/A£453.97M£218.64M19.811,596
MRL
Marlowe
N/AGBX 440
-0.9%
GBX 588
+33.6%
+3.3%£352.09M£418.37M-40.924,972
JNEO
Journeo
N/AGBX 405
-0.6%
N/A+40.0%£68.61M£51.30M16.29185
SNX
Synectics
N/AGBX 315
+5.9%
N/A+75.9%£51.74M£52.08M17.5323,500
FA
FireAngel Safety Technology Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£21.92M£53.35M-181.255,500High Trading Volume
CSSG
Croma Security Solutions Group
N/AGBX 82
flat
N/A+24.2%£11.26M£9.05M20.0272
WSG
Westminster Group
N/AGBX 2.35
+2.2%
N/A-26.4%£7.44M£5.77M-2.47256Gap Down
NWT
Newmark Security
N/AGBX 71.50
-7.7%
N/A-11.7%£6.70M£22.28M50.02102Gap Up
MORT
Mortice
N/AN/AN/AN/A£6.40M£229.62M2.64N/AGap Up
PEG
Petards Group
N/AGBX 8.13
flat
N/A+18.7%£5.03M£10.27M-2.8112,500High Trading Volume
THRU
Thruvision Group
N/AGBX 1.70
-5.6%
N/A-89.9%£3.10M£7.08M-0.7543Gap Down
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:LSC) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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