Lumentum (LITE) Competitors

Lumentum (NASDAQ:LITE) and Flex (NASDAQ:FLEX) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Which has more volatility and risk, LITE or FLEX?

Lumentum has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flex has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer LITE or FLEX?

Lumentum currently has a consensus target price of $82.60, indicating a potential upside of 39.91%. Flex has a consensus target price of $43.67, indicating a potential upside of 27.16%. Given Lumentum's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Lumentum is more favorable than Flex.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lumentum	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.81
Flex	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to LITE or FLEX?

In the previous week, Flex had 11 more articles in the media than Lumentum. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Flex and 17 mentions for Lumentum. Lumentum's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Flex's score of 0.73 indicating that Lumentum is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lumentum	11 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Flex	11 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, LITE or FLEX?

Flex has higher revenue and earnings than Lumentum. Lumentum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flex, 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
Lumentum	$1.41B	2.89	-$546.50M	-$7.69	-7.68
Flex	$25.58B	0.51	$1.01B	$2.48	13.85

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LITE or FLEX?

Lumentum received 360 more outperform votes than Flex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.73% of users gave Lumentum an outperform vote while only 62.68% of users gave Flex an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lumentum	Outperform Votes 916 71.73%	Underperform Votes 361 28.27%
Flex	Outperform Votes 556 62.68%	Underperform Votes 331 37.32%

Is LITE or FLEX more profitable?

Flex has a net margin of 3.95% compared to Lumentum's net margin of -36.98%. Flex's return on equity of 17.93% beat Lumentum's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lumentum	-36.98%	-7.25%	-1.76%
Flex	3.95%	17.93%	5.00%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of LITE or FLEX?

94.1% of Lumentum shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of Flex shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Lumentum shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Flex shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Flex beats Lumentum on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.