LUCE vs. VLX, TFW, XPP, SUP, CWR, 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), XP Power (XPP), Supreme (SUP), Ceres Power (CWR), 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
Luceco (LON:LUCE) and Volex (LON:VLX) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
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.
Luceco pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Volex pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Luceco pays out 51.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Volex pays out 21.5% 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 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.
In the previous week, Volex had 6 more articles in the media than Luceco. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Volex and 0 mentions for Luceco. Volex's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Luceco's score of 0.77 indicating that Volex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Luceco has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Volex has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Luceco presently has a consensus target price of GBX 160, indicating a potential upside of 25.98%. Volex has a consensus target price of GBX 400, indicating a potential upside of 11.89%. Given Luceco's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Luceco is more favorable than Volex.
19.6% of Luceco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.4% of Volex shares are held by institutional investors. 24.1% of Luceco shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 34.8% of Volex shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Volex beats Luceco on 9 of the 17 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:LUCE) was last updated on 9/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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