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Luceco (LUCE) Competitors

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GBX 120.40 +0.40 (+0.33%)
As of 08/28/2025 12:05 PM Eastern

LUCE vs. TFW, XPP, CWR, SUP, AFC, DIA, DWHA, IKA, DWHT, and GELN

Should you be buying Luceco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Luceco include FW Thorpe (TFW), XP Power (XPP), Ceres Power (CWR), Supreme (SUP), AFC Energy (AFC), Dialight (DIA), Dewhurst Group (DWHA), Ilika (IKA), Dewhurst Group (DWHT), and Gelion (GELN). These companies are all part of the "electrical equipment & parts" industry.

Luceco vs. Its Competitors

FW Thorpe (LON:TFW) and Luceco (LON:LUCE) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and earnings.

10.9% of FW Thorpe shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.7% of Luceco shares are held by institutional investors. 70.8% of FW Thorpe shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.8% of Luceco shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

FW Thorpe has a net margin of 13.83% compared to Luceco's net margin of 8.41%. Luceco's return on equity of 19.86% beat FW Thorpe's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
FW Thorpe13.83% 14.28% 8.02%
Luceco 8.41%19.86%8.58%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
FW Thorpe£176.56M2.04£24.42M£20.6414.77
Luceco£227.36M0.85£19.13M£11.8710.15

FW Thorpe pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Luceco pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. FW Thorpe pays out 33.9% 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.

FW Thorpe has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Luceco has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, FW Thorpe's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Luceco'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
FW Thorpe Neutral
Luceco Neutral

Luceco has a consensus target price of GBX 160, indicating a potential upside of 32.89%. Given Luceco's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Luceco is more favorable than FW Thorpe.

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

Summary

Luceco beats FW Thorpe on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LUCE vs. The Competition

MetricLucecoElectrical Equipment & Parts IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£193.57M£4.80B£7.71B£3.18B
Dividend Yield3.25%3.67%4.55%5.04%
P/E Ratio10.1510.7526.13166.94
Price / Sales0.851,232.6998.15448,413.14
Price / Cash17.8512.4628.6727.93
Price / Book2.053.284.136.35
Net Income£19.13M-£40.66M£796.90M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-1.31%-0.82%0.12%0.10%
1 Month Performance-10.15%-0.68%0.54%49.80%
1 Year Performance-22.32%14.99%27.56%139.17%

Luceco Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LUCE
Luceco
N/AGBX 120.40
+0.3%
GBX 160
+32.9%
-21.6%£193.57M£227.36M10.151,504
TFW
FW Thorpe
N/AGBX 289.99
+0.2%
N/A-16.2%£341.65M£176.56M14.05900
XPP
XP Power
2.255 of 5 stars
GBX 936
+1.5%
GBX 1,245
+33.0%
-35.5%£226.45M£289.20M-15.482,435News Coverage
Gap Down
CWR
Ceres Power
1.4455 of 5 stars
GBX 114.20
-2.0%
GBX 340
+197.7%
-36.2%£222.62M£39.90M-5.52591
SUP
Supreme
N/AGBX 183
+0.3%
N/A-2.6%£213.05M£219.82M9.547,800Trending News
AFC
AFC Energy
N/AGBX 9.50
-1.0%
N/A-27.3%£81.29M£497.29K-3.63120Positive News
Gap Up
DIA
Dialight
N/AGBX 194
+2.1%
N/A-7.2%£77.28M£160.31M-3.351,358Gap Up
DWHA
Dewhurst Group
N/AGBX 602.50
-3.6%
N/A+8.8%£74.56M£93.67M9.18338Gap Down
High Trading Volume
IKA
Ilika
N/AGBX 44.40
-2.4%
N/A+69.3%£74.08M£799.03K-14.6472
DWHT
Dewhurst Group
N/AGBX 838
+4.8%
N/A-41.7%£55.64M£50.25M6.85338News Coverage
Dividend Increase
Gap Down
GELN
Gelion
N/AGBX 21.79
+1.3%
N/A-9.0%£27.63MN/A-3.3343Gap Up

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This page (LON:LUCE) was last updated on 8/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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