LUCE vs. VLX, TFW, CWR, XPP, SUP, AFC, DIA, IKA, DWHT, and DWHA
Should you be buying Luceco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Luceco include Volex (VLX), FW Thorpe (TFW), Ceres Power (CWR), XP Power (XPP), Supreme (SUP), AFC Energy (AFC), Dialight (DIA), Ilika (IKA), Dewhurst Group (DWHT), and Dewhurst Group (DWHA). These companies are all part of the "electrical equipment & parts" industry.
Luceco vs. Its Competitors
Volex (LON:VLX) and Luceco (LON:LUCE) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Volex's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Luceco'saverage media sentiment score.
Volex pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Luceco pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Volex pays out 21.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Luceco pays out 53.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
17.4% of Volex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.6% of Luceco shares are owned by institutional investors. 35.0% of Volex shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.1% of Luceco shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Volex has higher revenue and earnings than Luceco. Luceco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Volex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Luceco has a net margin of 8.41% compared to Volex's net margin of 4.21%. Luceco's return on equity of 19.86% beat Volex's return on equity.
Volex has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Luceco has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Volex presently has a consensus price target of GBX 400, suggesting a potential upside of 7.10%. Luceco has a consensus price target of GBX 160, suggesting a potential upside of 18.52%. Given Luceco's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Luceco is more favorable than Volex.
Summary
Luceco beats Volex on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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:LUCE) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
