LST vs. WPHO, PPIX, CPX, ZYT, PSL, BOU, HDT, TWD, SDM, and DSCV
Should you be buying Light Science Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Light Science Technologies include Windar Photonics (WPHO), ProPhotonix (PPIX), CAP-XX (CPX), Zytronic (ZYT), Photonstar Led Group (PSL), Bould Opportunities (BOU), Holders Technology (HDT), Trackwise Designs (TWD), 25130 (SDM.L) (SDM), and discoverIE Group (DSCV). These companies are all part of the "electronic components" industry.
Light Science Technologies (LON:LST) and Windar Photonics (LON:WPHO) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, risk and profitability.
15.5% of Light Science Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.4% of Windar Photonics shares are owned by institutional investors. 55.0% of Light Science Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 35.7% of Windar Photonics shares are owned 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.
Light Science Technologies has a beta of -0.81, suggesting that its share price is 181% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Windar Photonics has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Windar Photonics had 1 more articles in the media than Light Science Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Windar Photonics and 0 mentions for Light Science Technologies. Windar Photonics' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Light Science Technologies' score of -0.44 indicating that Windar Photonics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Windar Photonics received 115 more outperform votes than Light Science Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users.
Windar Photonics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Light Science Technologies.
Windar Photonics has a net margin of -3.83% compared to Light Science Technologies' net margin of -5.08%. Light Science Technologies' return on equity of -20.12% beat Windar Photonics' return on equity.
Summary
Windar Photonics beats Light Science Technologies on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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