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Luceco (LUCE) Competitors

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GBX 150.60 +2.00 (+1.35%)
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LUCE vs. VLX, TFW, XPP, SUP, CWR, AFC, DIA, DWHA, IKA, and DWHT

Should you be buying Luceco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Luceco include Volex (VLX), FW Thorpe (TFW), XP Power (XPP), Supreme (SUP), Ceres Power (CWR), AFC Energy (AFC), Dialight (DIA), Dewhurst Group (DWHA), Ilika (IKA), and Dewhurst Group (DWHT). 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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Volex had 21 more articles in the media than Luceco. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Volex and 0 mentions for Luceco. Luceco's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Volex's score of 0.34 indicating that Luceco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Volex Neutral
Luceco Positive

35.0% of Volex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.7% of Luceco shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.8% of Volex shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.8% of Luceco shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volex presently has a consensus price target of GBX 340, indicating a potential downside of 10.88%. Given Volex's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Volex is more favorable than Luceco.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Volex
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Luceco
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Volex£1.29B0.69£54.37M£18.5820.54
Luceco£227.36M1.06£19.13M£11.8712.69

Volex pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Luceco pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Volex pays out 21.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Luceco pays out 42.1% 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.

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.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Volex4.21% 12.97% 6.30%
Luceco 8.41%19.86%8.58%

Summary

Volex beats Luceco on 10 of the 18 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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LUCE vs. The Competition

MetricLucecoElectrical Equipment & Parts IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£242.12M£4.06B£7.56B£2.96B
Dividend Yield3.25%3.62%4.55%5.02%
P/E Ratio12.6910.6724.92146.56
Price / Sales1.061,842.39116.16240,164.99
Price / Cash17.8512.3627.2727.97
Price / Book2.563.634.365.25
Net Income£19.13M-£42.19M£791.63M£5.90B
7 Day Performance0.40%1.88%2.70%1.11%
1 Month Performance4.01%22.44%6.28%5.65%
1 Year Performance-4.80%9.49%33.21%82.08%

Luceco Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LUCE
Luceco
N/AGBX 150.60
+1.3%
N/A-6.1%£242.12M£227.36M12.691,504Gap Down
VLX
Volex
1.3117 of 5 stars
GBX 311
+1.0%
GBX 370
+19.0%
+6.5%£721.32M£1.29B16.7412,000Gap Up
High Trading Volume
TFW
FW Thorpe
N/AGBX 310
-0.6%
N/A-3.9%£365.23M£176.56M15.02900News Coverage
XPP
XP Power
3.4516 of 5 stars
GBX 976
+6.1%
GBX 1,470
+50.6%
-36.6%£236.13M£289.20M-16.152,435
SUP
Supreme
N/AGBX 198
-1.0%
N/A+6.5%£230.51M£219.82M10.337,800Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
CWR
Ceres Power
2.0073 of 5 stars
GBX 78.50
+1.6%
GBX 340
+333.1%
-52.9%£153.03M£39.90M-3.80591Positive News
Gap Up
AFC
AFC Energy
N/AGBX 15.58
+1.1%
N/A-7.6%£133.29M£497.29K-5.95120Positive News
DIA
Dialight
N/AGBX 190
+38.2%
N/A-5.3%£75.69M£160.31M-3.281,358Insider Trade
High Trading Volume
DWHA
Dewhurst Group
N/AGBX 546.22
+6.1%
N/A-13.9%£67.60M£93.67M8.32338Gap Up
IKA
Ilika
N/AGBX 38
+5.6%
N/A+56.4%£63.40M£799.03K-12.5372Gap Up
DWHT
Dewhurst Group
N/AGBX 826
+3.3%
N/A-29.6%£54.84M£50.25M6.75338Dividend Increase
Gap Up

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This page (LON:LUCE) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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