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Lightwave Logic (LWLG) Competitors

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$1.02 -0.13 (-11.30%)
Closing price 05/21/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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LWLG vs. DSWL, NEWH, YHGJ, NCL, FORD, AZEK, NWL, SWIM, KRT, and ASPI

Should you be buying Lightwave Logic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lightwave Logic include Deswell Industries (DSWL), NewHydrogen (NEWH), Yunhong Green CTI (YHGJ), Northann (NCL), Forward Industries (FORD), AZEK (AZEK), Newell Brands (NWL), Latham Group (SWIM), Karat Packaging (KRT), and ASP Isotopes (ASPI).

Lightwave Logic vs.

Deswell Industries (NASDAQ:DSWL) and Lightwave Logic (NASDAQ:LWLG) 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 earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Deswell Industries received 134 more outperform votes than Lightwave Logic when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Deswell IndustriesOutperform Votes
134
68.72%
Underperform Votes
61
31.28%
Lightwave LogicN/AN/A

In the previous week, Lightwave Logic had 2 more articles in the media than Deswell Industries. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Lightwave Logic and 0 mentions for Deswell Industries. Lightwave Logic's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Deswell Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that Lightwave Logic is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Deswell Industries Neutral
Lightwave Logic Neutral

Deswell Industries has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lightwave Logic has a beta of 2.31, indicating that its share price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Deswell Industries has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Lightwave Logic's net margin of -19,416.81%. Deswell Industries' return on equity of 0.00% beat Lightwave Logic's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Deswell IndustriesN/A N/A N/A
Lightwave Logic -19,416.81%-61.49%-54.66%

27.0% of Lightwave Logic shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.0% of Deswell Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Lightwave Logic shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Deswell Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Lightwave Logic.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Deswell Industries$66.81M0.56$7.71MN/AN/A
Lightwave Logic$88.11K1,447.61-$21.04M-$0.18-5.67

Summary

Deswell Industries beats Lightwave Logic on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LWLG vs. The Competition

MetricLightwave Logicplastics products IndustryMaterials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$127.54M$127.54M$3.09B$8.39B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A5.21%4.10%
P/E Ratio-5.67N/A71.9319.71
Price / Sales1,447.611,447.6125,591,212,775,259,300.00117.28
Price / CashN/AN/A24.3434.62
Price / Book3.293.295.204.50
Net Income-$21.04M-$21.04M$156.48M$248.18M
7 Day Performance-10.53%-5.26%1.34%0.23%
1 Month Performance15.91%7.95%4.43%12.39%
1 Year Performance-70.77%-35.39%16.92%7.07%

Lightwave Logic Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LWLG
Lightwave Logic
0.0295 of 5 stars
$1.02
-11.3%
N/A-73.6%$127.54M$88,105.00-5.6720News Coverage
DSWL
Deswell Industries
N/A$2.34
-0.8%
N/A-4.5%$37.30M$66.81M0.00990Gap Down
NEWH
NewHydrogen
N/A$0.04
-0.8%
N/A+435.7%$27.30MN/A0.002
YHGJ
Yunhong Green CTI
0.4101 of 5 stars
$1.03
-2.0%
N/A-38.0%$27.19M$17.95M-12.8770Earnings Report
Gap Down
NCL
Northann
N/A$0.43
+6.2%
N/A+74.3%$14.61M$15.58M-2.1273Gap Up
FORD
Forward Industries
0.8052 of 5 stars
$8.20
+4.3%
N/A+37.9%$9.03M$29.66M0.00100
AZEK
AZEK
2.3231 of 5 stars
$51.47
+2.4%
$53.93
+4.8%
+5.6%$7.40B$1.52B51.992,180Gap Up
NWL
Newell Brands
4.8985 of 5 stars
$6.01
+15.1%
$7.42
+23.4%
-33.8%$2.51B$7.50B-11.5628,000Positive News
Gap Down
SWIM
Latham Group
1.857 of 5 stars
$6.67
+11.4%
$7.56
+13.3%
+54.7%$776.18M$509.31M74.122,390Gap Up
KRT
Karat Packaging
2.333 of 5 stars
$30.69
+1.4%
$33.50
+9.2%
+5.2%$614.94M$422.63M21.92680News Coverage
Positive News
ASPI
ASP Isotopes
0.9867 of 5 stars
$6.67
+3.7%
$4.50
-32.5%
+45.0%$500.66M$4.14M-10.9376Trending News
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This page (NASDAQ:LWLG) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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