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Lumentum (LITE) Competitors

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LITE vs. MKSI, MRVL, MTSI, CIEN, ALAB, UI, CRDO, CLS, ERIC, and ASX

Should you be buying Lumentum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lumentum include MKS (MKSI), Marvell Technology (MRVL), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), Ciena (CIEN), Astera Labs (ALAB), Ubiquiti (UI), Credo Technology Group (CRDO), Celestica (CLS), Ericsson (ERIC), and ASE Technology (ASX). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

Lumentum vs. Its Competitors

MKS (NASDAQ:MKSI) and Lumentum (NASDAQ:LITE) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.

MKS presently has a consensus price target of $119.80, indicating a potential downside of 6.41%. Lumentum has a consensus price target of $133.36, indicating a potential downside of 16.71%. Given MKS's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe MKS is more favorable than Lumentum.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
MKS
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64
Lumentum
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89

In the previous week, Lumentum had 4 more articles in the media than MKS. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Lumentum and 10 mentions for MKS. Lumentum's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat MKS's score of 0.73 indicating that Lumentum is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
MKS
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Lumentum
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

99.8% of MKS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.1% of Lumentum shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of MKS shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Lumentum 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.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MKS$3.74B2.30$190M$3.9432.49
Lumentum$1.65B6.80$25.90M$0.23696.17

MKS has a beta of 1.94, indicating that its share price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lumentum has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

MKS has a net margin of 7.11% compared to Lumentum's net margin of 1.57%. MKS's return on equity of 20.65% beat Lumentum's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MKS7.11% 20.65% 5.68%
Lumentum 1.57%-3.02%-0.71%

Summary

MKS beats Lumentum on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LITE vs. The Competition

MetricLumentumCommunications Components IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$11.11B$5.71B$32.73B$10.50B
Dividend YieldN/A2.34%3.14%4.58%
P/E Ratio691.1176.45456.5926.62
Price / Sales6.802.611,870.4891.77
Price / Cash49.9423.4238.4861.85
Price / Book9.792.947.306.45
Net Income$25.90M$16.91M$810.65M$271.57M
7 Day Performance-1.97%1.04%2.51%2.55%
1 Month Performance34.17%12.66%7.51%7.22%
1 Year Performance163.40%45.70%24,156.35%29.60%

Lumentum Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LITE
Lumentum
3.596 of 5 stars
$157.95
-3.7%
$133.36
-15.6%
+167.8%$11.10B$1.65B690.5310,562Analyst Forecast
MKSI
MKS
3.9571 of 5 stars
$115.10
-0.8%
$119.80
+4.1%
+17.4%$7.73B$3.74B29.2110,200
MRVL
Marvell Technology
4.8973 of 5 stars
$67.35
+1.1%
$90.50
+34.4%
+3.9%$58.06B$5.77B-518.087,042Positive News
Dividend Announcement
MTSI
MACOM Technology Solutions
3.3331 of 5 stars
$131.87
+0.6%
$146.13
+10.8%
+20.4%$9.82B$906.80M-130.561,700Insider Trade
CIEN
Ciena
4.7093 of 5 stars
$131.15
-1.0%
$114.32
-12.8%
+126.3%$18.50B$4.01B135.208,657Trending News
Analyst Forecast
ALAB
Astera Labs
3.2119 of 5 stars
$229.50
-1.5%
$142.00
-38.1%
+353.9%$38.15B$396.29M409.82225Gap Down
UI
Ubiquiti
2.1504 of 5 stars
$604.69
-1.3%
$499.67
-17.4%
+198.5%$36.58B$2.57B51.381,667
CRDO
Credo Technology Group
3.4055 of 5 stars
$161.99
+1.7%
$126.27
-22.0%
+444.7%$28.02B$436.77M241.78380Insider Trade
CLS
Celestica
3.8151 of 5 stars
$241.65
-1.7%
$174.75
-27.7%
+419.1%$27.80B$9.65B52.3026,865Positive News
ERIC
Ericsson
3.0359 of 5 stars
$7.92
-1.6%
$9.80
+23.7%
+9.9%$26.52B$245.86B15.8494,326
ASX
ASE Technology
3.4617 of 5 stars
$11.05
-0.5%
N/A+17.0%$24.39B$621.27B23.5197,079Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:LITE) was last updated on 9/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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