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$18.28 -0.29 (-1.56%)
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LASR vs. LPL, PI, SIMO, VIAV, NN, PL, KLIC, LUNR, COMM, and HIMX

Should you be buying nLight stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of nLight include LG Display (LPL), Impinj (PI), Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), Viavi Solutions (VIAV), NextNav (NN), Planet Labs PBC (PL), Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC), Intuitive Machines (LUNR), CommScope (COMM), and Himax Technologies (HIMX). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.

nLight vs. Its Competitors

LG Display (NYSE:LPL) and nLight (NASDAQ:LASR) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
LG Display$19.51B0.18-$1.79B-$1.78-1.92
nLight$198.55M4.55-$60.79M-$1.13-16.18

LG Display has a net margin of -7.17% compared to nLight's net margin of -26.80%. nLight's return on equity of -22.23% beat LG Display's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
LG Display-7.17% -24.14% -6.06%
nLight -26.80%-22.23%-17.54%

83.9% of nLight shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of LG Display shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of nLight shares are owned 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.

In the previous week, LG Display had 2 more articles in the media than nLight. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for LG Display and 2 mentions for nLight. nLight's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat LG Display's score of 0.44 indicating that nLight is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
LG Display
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
nLight
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

nLight has a consensus price target of $17.70, indicating a potential downside of 3.17%. Given nLight's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe nLight is more favorable than LG Display.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
LG Display
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.75
nLight
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

LG Display has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, nLight has a beta of 2.33, suggesting that its share price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

nLight beats LG Display on 11 of the 16 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 NASDAQ 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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LASR vs. The Competition

MetricnLightELEC COMP IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$918.09M$38.59B$27.76B$9.11B
Dividend YieldN/A2.16%3.11%4.02%
P/E Ratio-16.1847.1936.8520.25
Price / Sales4.55301.801,883.2599.65
Price / CashN/A97.1938.1558.16
Price / Book4.095.347.275.49
Net Income-$60.79M$528.96M$767.31M$250.27M
7 Day Performance-7.21%2.91%-0.21%4.80%
1 Month Performance0.44%10.66%4.08%7.68%
1 Year Performance52.97%29.80%52,050.71%16.36%

nLight Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LASR
nLight
1.3632 of 5 stars
$18.28
-1.6%
$17.70
-3.2%
+57.9%$918.09M$198.55M-16.181,100
LPL
LG Display
1.1582 of 5 stars
$3.31
-8.3%
N/A-27.2%$3.61B$27.43T-1.8660,792Positive News
High Trading Volume
PI
Impinj
4.0153 of 5 stars
$112.59
-2.8%
$155.38
+38.0%
-30.2%$3.36B$366.09M-2,814.05390Positive News
SIMO
Silicon Motion Technology
4.3417 of 5 stars
$73.80
-1.4%
$83.89
+13.7%
-8.3%$2.54B$803.55M26.451,819
VIAV
Viavi Solutions
4.3684 of 5 stars
$10.23
-2.0%
$12.69
+24.0%
+41.1%$2.33B$1.00B511.763,600Positive News
NN
NextNav
1.4493 of 5 stars
$16.25
+2.0%
$20.00
+23.1%
+92.1%$2.11B$6.16M-15.9360Positive News
PL
Planet Labs PBC
1.756 of 5 stars
$6.82
-0.4%
$6.71
-1.6%
+212.5%$2.08B$244.35M-18.94800
KLIC
Kulicke and Soffa Industries
2.9575 of 5 stars
$35.69
-2.9%
$44.50
+24.7%
-29.8%$1.94B$706.23M99.142,746News Coverage
LUNR
Intuitive Machines
2.7313 of 5 stars
$10.41
-3.5%
$16.06
+54.2%
+159.2%$1.93B$228M-3.811Positive News
Gap Up
COMM
CommScope
3.2913 of 5 stars
$8.25
-4.8%
$4.88
-40.9%
+430.3%$1.88B$4.21B3.0220,000
HIMX
Himax Technologies
4.0912 of 5 stars
$9.03
-4.1%
$11.90
+31.8%
+12.3%$1.65B$906.80M18.432,177Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:LASR) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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