LSC vs. MRL, SNX, JNEO, FA, CSSG, NWT, MORT, WSG, PEG, and THRU
Should you be buying London Security stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of London Security include Marlowe (MRL), Synectics (SNX), Journeo (JNEO), FireAngel Safety Technology Group (FA), Croma Security Solutions Group (CSSG), Newmark Security (NWT), Mortice (MORT), Westminster Group (WSG), Petards Group (PEG), and Thruvision Group (THRU). These companies are all part of the "security & protection services" industry.
London Security vs.
London Security (LON:LSC) and Marlowe (LON:MRL) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.
London Security has a beta of 0.33, suggesting that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marlowe has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Marlowe had 1 more articles in the media than London Security. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Marlowe and 0 mentions for London Security. Marlowe's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat London Security's score of 0.00 indicating that Marlowe is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
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.
55.5% of Marlowe shares are held by institutional investors. 99.0% of London Security shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 25.3% of Marlowe shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Marlowe has a consensus target price of GBX 700, indicating a potential upside of 88.43%. Given Marlowe's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Marlowe is more favorable than London Security.
Marlowe received 92 more outperform votes than London Security when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.51% of users gave Marlowe an outperform vote while only 70.91% of users gave London Security an outperform vote.
Summary
Marlowe beats London Security on 10 of the 18 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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This page (LON:LSC) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
