LYTS vs. OESX, VICR, THR, PLPC, AMSC, FCEL, AZZ, AYI, ETN, and EMR
Should you be buying LSI Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LSI Industries include Orion Energy Systems (OESX), Vicor (VICR), Thermon Group (THR), Preformed Line Products (PLPC), American Superconductor (AMSC), FuelCell Energy (FCEL), AZZ (AZZ), Acuity Brands (AYI), Eaton (ETN), and Emerson Electric (EMR).
Orion Energy Systems (NASDAQ:OESX) and LSI Industries (NASDAQ:LYTS) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation and dividends.
LSI Industries has a net margin of 5.97% compared to LSI Industries' net margin of -21.44%. Orion Energy Systems' return on equity of 14.68% beat LSI Industries' return on equity.
Orion Energy Systems has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LSI Industries has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
52.6% of Orion Energy Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.9% of LSI Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.0% of Orion Energy Systems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of LSI Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Orion Energy Systems had 1 more articles in the media than LSI Industries. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Orion Energy Systems and 2 mentions for LSI Industries. Orion Energy Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat LSI Industries' score of 1.11 indicating that LSI Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Orion Energy Systems presently has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 212.47%. LSI Industries has a consensus target price of $20.33, indicating a potential upside of 28.04%. Given LSI Industries' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Orion Energy Systems is more favorable than LSI Industries.
LSI Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Orion Energy Systems. Orion Energy Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LSI Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
LSI Industries received 29 more outperform votes than Orion Energy Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.14% of users gave LSI Industries an outperform vote while only 51.00% of users gave Orion Energy Systems an outperform vote.
Summary
LSI Industries beats Orion Energy Systems on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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