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LNW vs. BIDU, SRAD, IOT, GDDY, CHKP, ZM, DUOL, PINS, NTNX, and PTC

Should you be buying Light & Wonder stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Light & Wonder include Baidu (BIDU), Sportradar Group (SRAD), Samsara (IOT), GoDaddy (GDDY), Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), Zoom Video Communications (ZM), Duolingo (DUOL), Pinterest (PINS), Nutanix (NTNX), and PTC (PTC). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Light & Wonder vs.

Light & Wonder (NASDAQ:LNW) and Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings and profitability.

Light & Wonder has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baidu has a beta of 0.33, meaning that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Light & Wonder$3.21B2.39$163M$3.7524.21
Baidu$134.06B0.23$3.26B$10.088.68

In the previous week, Light & Wonder and Light & Wonder both had 8 articles in the media. Light & Wonder's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Baidu's score of 1.00 indicating that Light & Wonder is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Light & Wonder
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Baidu
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Light & Wonder presently has a consensus target price of $106.82, indicating a potential upside of 17.64%. Baidu has a consensus target price of $107.82, indicating a potential upside of 23.23%. Given Baidu's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Baidu is more favorable than Light & Wonder.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Light & Wonder
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.79
Baidu
0 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.39

88.1% of Light & Wonder shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Light & Wonder shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.7% of Baidu shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Baidu has a net margin of 17.90% compared to Light & Wonder's net margin of 9.30%. Light & Wonder's return on equity of 49.91% beat Baidu's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Light & Wonder9.30% 49.91% 7.27%
Baidu 17.90%8.67%5.51%

Baidu received 1590 more outperform votes than Light & Wonder when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.52% of users gave Baidu an outperform vote while only 40.74% of users gave Light & Wonder an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Light & WonderOutperform Votes
33
40.74%
Underperform Votes
48
59.26%
BaiduOutperform Votes
1623
75.52%
Underperform Votes
526
24.48%

Summary

Light & Wonder beats Baidu on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LNW vs. The Competition

MetricLight & WonderComputer integrated systems design IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$7.66B$3.58B$8.01B$8.67B
Dividend YieldN/A2.19%3.19%4.19%
P/E Ratio28.2059.7715.3220.16
Price / Sales2.3935.583.76162.04
Price / Cash17.2734.8516.3734.64
Price / Book10.685.354.854.72
Net Income$163M$35.85M$257.27M$247.80M
7 Day Performance6.94%0.28%1.43%3.36%
1 Month Performance11.08%7.13%6.67%9.71%
1 Year Performance-6.28%6.11%22.73%14.41%

Light & Wonder Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LNW
Light & Wonder
3.3629 of 5 stars
$90.80
+2.7%
$106.82
+17.6%
-6.3%$7.66B$3.21B28.205,600Positive News
BIDU
Baidu
4.3269 of 5 stars
$83.06
+1.4%
$107.82
+29.8%
-8.4%$28.69B$134.06B9.0645,500
SRAD
Sportradar Group
3.0715 of 5 stars
$24.01
+0.4%
$27.00
+12.5%
+124.8%$26.72B$1.15B120.062,960
IOT
Samsara
1.943 of 5 stars
$46.60
+0.1%
$49.87
+7.0%
+35.7%$26.53B$1.25B-99.151,620Earnings Report
Insider Trade
Options Volume
GDDY
GoDaddy
4.6585 of 5 stars
$181.84
-0.2%
$214.86
+18.2%
+25.6%$25.91B$4.66B28.196,910Analyst Revision
CHKP
Check Point Software Technologies
4.3901 of 5 stars
$229.89
+0.4%
$232.04
+0.9%
+47.1%$25.28B$2.60B30.785,800Positive News
Analyst Revision
ZM
Zoom Video Communications
3.8935 of 5 stars
$81.27
+0.0%
$87.61
+7.8%
+26.1%$24.81B$4.70B27.098,480Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
DUOL
Duolingo
3.359 of 5 stars
$526.85
+1.4%
$435.57
-17.3%
+145.6%$23.95B$811.21M287.90600Trending News
Insider Trade
Gap Up
PINS
Pinterest
4.3737 of 5 stars
$31.94
+2.7%
$40.26
+26.1%
-20.4%$21.66B$3.76B11.873,990Positive News
Insider Trade
NTNX
Nutanix
4.7763 of 5 stars
$77.06
+0.5%
$90.38
+17.3%
+38.7%$20.55B$2.43B-220.176,450Insider Trade
PTC
PTC
3.7519 of 5 stars
$166.75
-0.9%
$187.15
+12.2%
-2.6%$20.00B$2.35B51.476,500

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This page (NASDAQ:LNW) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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