LPTH vs. KE, BKSY, SKYT, IPAX, LAES, GILT, SATL, AIP, POET, and VREX
Should you be buying LightPath Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LightPath Technologies include Kimball Electronics (KE), BlackSky Technology (BKSY), SkyWater Technology (SKYT), Inflection Point Acquisition (IPAX), SEALSQ (LAES), Gilat Satellite Networks (GILT), Satellogic (SATL), Arteris (AIP), POET Technologies (POET), and Varex Imaging (VREX). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
LightPath Technologies vs. Its Competitors
LightPath Technologies (NASDAQ:LPTH) and Kimball Electronics (NASDAQ:KE) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.
LightPath Technologies has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kimball Electronics has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
LightPath Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $4.88, suggesting a potential upside of 60.36%. Kimball Electronics has a consensus price target of $22.75, suggesting a potential upside of 13.41%. Given LightPath Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe LightPath Technologies is more favorable than Kimball Electronics.
56.3% of LightPath Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.0% of Kimball Electronics shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.7% of LightPath Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Kimball Electronics shares are owned by company 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.
In the previous week, Kimball Electronics had 2 more articles in the media than LightPath Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Kimball Electronics and 1 mentions for LightPath Technologies. LightPath Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Kimball Electronics' score of 0.89 indicating that LightPath Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kimball Electronics has higher revenue and earnings than LightPath Technologies. LightPath Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kimball Electronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kimball Electronics has a net margin of 1.17% compared to LightPath Technologies' net margin of -30.18%. Kimball Electronics' return on equity of 5.17% beat LightPath Technologies' return on equity.
Summary
Kimball Electronics beats LightPath Technologies on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:LPTH) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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