Which has stronger valuation & earnings, LUCE or VLX?

Volex has higher revenue and earnings than Luceco. Volex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Luceco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. Company Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio Luceco £271.40M 1.22 £19.13M £13.40 16.80 Volex £1.24B 0.82 £54.37M £34.90 15.85

Is LUCE or VLX more profitable?

Luceco has a net margin of 7.48% compared to Volex's net margin of 5.29%. Luceco's return on equity of 20.71% beat Volex's return on equity. Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Luceco 7.48% 20.71% 8.58% Volex 5.29% 15.29% 6.30%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CWR or LUCE?

Luceco has higher revenue and earnings than Ceres Power. Ceres Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Luceco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. Company Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio Ceres Power £32.64M 27.60 -£40.57M -£24.52 N/A Luceco £271.40M 1.22 £19.13M £13.40 16.80

Is CWR or LUCE more profitable?

Luceco has a net margin of 7.48% compared to Ceres Power's net margin of -145.65%. Luceco's return on equity of 20.71% beat Ceres Power's return on equity. Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Ceres Power -145.65% -39.26% -12.83% Luceco 7.48% 20.71% 8.58%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, LUCE or XPP?

Luceco has higher revenue and earnings than XP Power. XP Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Luceco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. Company Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio Luceco £271.40M 1.22 £19.13M £13.40 16.80 XP Power £228.30M 2.03 -£15.01M -£42.00 N/A

Is LUCE or XPP more profitable?

Luceco has a net margin of 7.48% compared to XP Power's net margin of -3.72%. Luceco's return on equity of 20.71% beat XP Power's return on equity. Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Luceco 7.48% 20.71% 8.58% XP Power -3.72% -4.89% 2.24%

Do analysts recommend LUCE or TFW?

Luceco currently has a consensus target price of GBX 267.50, indicating a potential upside of 18.82%. Given Luceco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Luceco is more favorable than FW Thorpe. Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Luceco 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.75 FW Thorpe 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00

Which has higher valuation and earnings, LUCE or TFW?

FW Thorpe has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Luceco. FW Thorpe is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Luceco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. Company Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio Luceco £271.40M 1.22 £19.13M £13.40 16.80 FW Thorpe £173.20M 1.65 £24.42M £21.90 11.64

Is LUCE or TFW more profitable?

FW Thorpe has a net margin of 14.73% compared to Luceco's net margin of 7.48%. Luceco's return on equity of 20.71% beat FW Thorpe's return on equity. Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Luceco 7.48% 20.71% 8.58% FW Thorpe 14.73% 13.58% 8.02%

Do analysts prefer DIA or LUCE?

Luceco has a consensus price target of GBX 267.50, indicating a potential upside of 18.82%. Given Luceco's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Luceco is more favorable than Dialight. Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Dialight 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Luceco 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.75

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, DIA or LUCE?

Luceco has higher revenue and earnings than Dialight. Luceco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dialight, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. Company Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio Dialight £166.90M 1.22 -£23.05M £1.00 510.00 Luceco £271.40M 1.22 £19.13M £13.40 16.80

Is DIA or LUCE more profitable?

Luceco has a net margin of 7.48% compared to Dialight's net margin of -9.03%. Luceco's return on equity of 20.71% beat Dialight's return on equity. Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Dialight -9.03% -33.79% 0.05% Luceco 7.48% 20.71% 8.58%

Luceco (LUCE) Competitors

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LUCE vs. VLX, CWR, XPP, TFW, and DIA

Should you buy Luceco stock or one of its competitors? MarketBeat compares Luceco with other companies and stocks that may be similar based on industry, sector, market capitalization, business model, investor interest, or shared news coverage. Companies and stocks commonly compared with Luceco include Volex (VLX), Ceres Power (CWR), XP Power (XPP), FW Thorpe (TFW), and Dialight (DIA). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

How does Luceco compare to Volex?

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

Luceco pays an annual dividend of GBX 5.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Volex pays an annual dividend of GBX 6.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Luceco pays out 38.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Volex pays out 17.5% 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.

16.8% of Luceco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.7% of Volex shares are held by institutional investors. 23.6% of Luceco shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 35.1% of Volex shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Luceco has a net margin of 7.48% compared to Volex's net margin of 5.29%. Luceco's return on equity of 20.71% beat Volex's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Luceco	7.48%	20.71%	8.58%
Volex	5.29%	15.29%	6.30%

Luceco currently has a consensus target price of GBX 267.50, suggesting a potential upside of 18.82%. Volex has a consensus target price of GBX 594, suggesting a potential upside of 7.41%. Given Luceco's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Luceco is more favorable than Volex.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Luceco	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Volex	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Luceco has a beta of 1.379, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Volex has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the broader market.

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Luceco	£271.40M	1.22	£19.13M	£13.40	16.80
Volex	£1.24B	0.82	£54.37M	£34.90	15.85

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. Volex's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Luceco's score of -0.17 indicating that Volex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Luceco	Neutral
Volex	Positive

Summary

Volex beats Luceco on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Luceco compare to Ceres Power?

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

Ceres Power presently has a consensus price target of GBX 950, suggesting a potential upside of 125.44%. Luceco has a consensus price target of GBX 267.50, suggesting a potential upside of 18.82%. Given Ceres Power's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ceres Power is more favorable than Luceco.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ceres Power	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Luceco	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Ceres Power has a beta of 3.00253, suggesting that its stock price is 200% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Luceco has a beta of 1.379, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the broader market.

Luceco has a net margin of 7.48% compared to Ceres Power's net margin of -145.65%. Luceco's return on equity of 20.71% beat Ceres Power's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ceres Power	-145.65%	-39.26%	-12.83%
Luceco	7.48%	20.71%	8.58%

In the previous week, Ceres Power had 1 more articles in the media than Luceco. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Ceres Power and 0 mentions for Luceco. Ceres Power's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Luceco's score of -0.17 indicating that Ceres Power is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ceres Power	Neutral
Luceco	Neutral

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ceres Power	£32.64M	27.60	-£40.57M	-£24.52	N/A
Luceco	£271.40M	1.22	£19.13M	£13.40	16.80

28.2% of Ceres Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.8% of Luceco shares are held by institutional investors. 7.3% of Ceres Power shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.6% of Luceco shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Luceco beats Ceres Power on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Luceco compare to XP Power?

Luceco (LON:LUCE) and XP Power (LON:XPP) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings and profitability.

In the previous week, XP Power had 8 more articles in the media than Luceco. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for XP Power and 0 mentions for Luceco. XP Power's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Luceco's score of -0.17 indicating that XP Power is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Luceco	Neutral
XP Power	Positive

Luceco has a beta of 1.379, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, XP Power has a beta of 1.802, indicating that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the broader market.

Luceco presently has a consensus price target of GBX 267.50, indicating a potential upside of 18.82%. XP Power has a consensus price target of GBX 1,859.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.74%. Given Luceco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Luceco is more favorable than XP Power.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Luceco	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
XP Power	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Luceco	£271.40M	1.22	£19.13M	£13.40	16.80
XP Power	£228.30M	2.03	-£15.01M	-£42.00	N/A

16.8% of Luceco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.0% of XP Power shares are held by institutional investors. 23.6% of Luceco shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of XP Power shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Luceco has a net margin of 7.48% compared to XP Power's net margin of -3.72%. Luceco's return on equity of 20.71% beat XP Power's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Luceco	7.48%	20.71%	8.58%
XP Power	-3.72%	-4.89%	2.24%

Summary

Luceco beats XP Power on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Luceco compare to FW Thorpe?

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

Luceco pays an annual dividend of GBX 5.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. FW Thorpe pays an annual dividend of GBX 7.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Luceco pays out 38.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FW Thorpe pays out 32.5% 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. FW Thorpe is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

FW Thorpe has a net margin of 14.73% compared to Luceco's net margin of 7.48%. Luceco's return on equity of 20.71% beat FW Thorpe's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Luceco	7.48%	20.71%	8.58%
FW Thorpe	14.73%	13.58%	8.02%

16.8% of Luceco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.2% of FW Thorpe shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.6% of Luceco shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 55.5% of FW Thorpe shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, FW Thorpe's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Luceco's score of -0.17 indicating that FW Thorpe is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Luceco	Neutral
FW Thorpe	Neutral

Luceco has a beta of 1.379, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, FW Thorpe has a beta of 0.433, indicating that its share price is 57% less volatile than the broader market.

Luceco currently has a consensus target price of GBX 267.50, indicating a potential upside of 18.82%. Given Luceco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Luceco is more favorable than FW Thorpe.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Luceco	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
FW Thorpe	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Luceco	£271.40M	1.22	£19.13M	£13.40	16.80
FW Thorpe	£173.20M	1.65	£24.42M	£21.90	11.64

Summary

Luceco beats FW Thorpe on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Luceco compare to Dialight?

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

Luceco has a consensus price target of GBX 267.50, indicating a potential upside of 18.82%. Given Luceco's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Luceco is more favorable than Dialight.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dialight	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Luceco	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Luceco has a net margin of 7.48% compared to Dialight's net margin of -9.03%. Luceco's return on equity of 20.71% beat Dialight's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dialight	-9.03%	-33.79%	0.05%
Luceco	7.48%	20.71%	8.58%

In the previous week, Dialight's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Luceco's score of -0.17 indicating that Dialight is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Dialight	Positive
Luceco	Neutral

Dialight has a beta of 0.645, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Luceco has a beta of 1.379, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the broader market.

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dialight	£166.90M	1.22	-£23.05M	£1.00	510.00
Luceco	£271.40M	1.22	£19.13M	£13.40	16.80

35.9% of Dialight shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.8% of Luceco shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Dialight shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.6% of Luceco shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Luceco beats Dialight on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LUCE vs. The Competition

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Metric	Luceco	Electrical Equipment Industry	Industrials Sector	LON Exchange
Market Cap	£331.36M	£10.96B	£10.77B	£2.88B
Dividend Yield	2.61%	2.30%	120.49%	6.12%
P/E Ratio	16.80	50.44	28.60	368.42
Price / Sales	1.22	1,635.28	347.26	83,672.22
Price / Cash	17.85	30.54	24.63	27.89
Price / Book	3.83	5.28	4.54	7.20
Net Income	£19.13M	£135.44M	£608.43M	£5.89B
7 Day Performance	5.20%	6.83%	3.85%	1.90%
1 Month Performance	-12.91%	-4.22%	2.17%	2.78%
1 Year Performance	77.57%	26.81%	14.90%	74.41%

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Company	MarketRank	Share Price	Analysts' Price Target	1Y Price Performance	Market Cap	Revenue	P/E Ratio	Employee Count	Indicator(s)
LUCE Luceco	4.1914 of 5 stars	GBX 225.12 -0.4%	GBX 267.50 +18.8%	+77.5%	£331.36M	£271.40M	16.80	1,504
VLX Volex	2.8942 of 5 stars	GBX 514 +1.4%	GBX 594 +15.6%	+52.3%	£947.16M	£1.24B	14.73	12,000
CWR Ceres Power	2.2344 of 5 stars	GBX 347.20 +13.2%	GBX 950 +173.6%	+270.3%	£742.31M	£32.64M	N/A	591	News Coverage
XPP XP Power	2.4378 of 5 stars	GBX 1,622 +1.1%	GBX 1,769.33 +9.1%	+71.5%	£454.68M	£230.10M	N/A	2,435	News Coverage Analyst Forecast Gap Up
TFW FW Thorpe	N/A	GBX 259 +2.4%	N/A	-20.3%	£290.24M	£173.20M	11.83	900

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