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Luceco (LUCE) Competitors

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GBX 146 -3.00 (-2.01%)
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LUCE vs. VLX, TFW, XPP, SUP, CWR, AFC, DIA, IKA, DWHA, 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), Ilika (IKA), Dewhurst Group (DWHA), and Dewhurst Group (DWHT). 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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.

Luceco pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Volex pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Luceco pays out 42.1% 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.

Luceco has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Volex has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% 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
Luceco8.41% 19.86% 8.58%
Volex 4.21%12.97%6.30%

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
Luceco£227.36M1.03£19.13M£11.8712.30
Volex£1.29B0.67£54.37M£18.5820.05

23.7% of Luceco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.0% of Volex shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.8% of Luceco shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 32.8% of Volex shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Volex had 2 more articles in the media than Luceco. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Volex and 0 mentions for Luceco. Luceco's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Volex's score of 0.66 indicating that Luceco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Luceco Positive
Volex Positive

Volex has a consensus price target of GBX 340, indicating a potential downside of 8.72%. Given Volex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Volex is more favorable than Luceco.

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

Summary

Volex beats Luceco on 10 of the 18 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£234.73M£3.90B£7.56B£2.96B
Dividend Yield3.25%3.61%4.53%5.02%
P/E Ratio12.3010.5824.78150.80
Price / Sales1.031,704.40114.07227,226.78
Price / Cash17.8512.4426.6527.97
Price / Book2.483.674.344.56
Net Income£19.13M-£40.66M£790.28M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-3.05%0.61%1.75%1.39%
1 Month Performance-0.27%13.52%4.71%4.61%
1 Year Performance-13.81%7.28%31.22%80.39%

Luceco Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LUCE
Luceco
N/AGBX 146
-2.0%
N/A-9.4%£234.73M£227.36M12.301,504
VLX
Volex
1.649 of 5 stars
GBX 365.50
-4.4%
GBX 340
-7.0%
+8.0%£847.72M£1.29B19.6712,000Gap Up
TFW
FW Thorpe
N/AGBX 340
+6.1%
N/A+1.5%£400.57M£176.56M16.47900
XPP
XP Power
3.1259 of 5 stars
GBX 930
+0.5%
GBX 1,470
+58.1%
-38.1%£225.00M£289.20M-15.382,435Positive News
SUP
Supreme
N/AGBX 188
-8.3%
N/A+3.5%£218.87M£219.82M9.807,800Earnings Report
High Trading Volume
CWR
Ceres Power
2.2205 of 5 stars
GBX 84.70
+1.8%
GBX 340
+301.4%
-48.0%£165.11M£39.90M-4.10591
AFC
AFC Energy
N/AGBX 15.42
+1.6%
N/A-11.6%£131.95M£497.29K-5.90120Gap Up
DIA
Dialight
N/AGBX 206
+11.4%
N/A-9.8%£82.06M£160.31M-3.561,358Gap Down
IKA
Ilika
N/AGBX 41
+2.5%
N/A+57.6%£68.40M£799.03K-13.5172Positive News
DWHA
Dewhurst Group
N/AGBX 550
+6.8%
N/A-15.5%£68.06M£93.67M8.38338Gap Up
DWHT
Dewhurst Group
N/AGBX 756
-5.5%
N/A-35.4%£50.19M£50.25M6.18338Dividend Increase
Gap Up
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:LUCE) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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