LightPath Technologies (NASDAQ:LPTH – Get Free Report) and Video Display (OTCMKTS:VIDE – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for LightPath Technologies and Video Display, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| LightPath Technologies | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2.67 |
| Video Display | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
LightPath Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $10.13, indicating a potential downside of 19.45%. Given LightPath Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe LightPath Technologies is more favorable than Video Display.
Volatility and Risk
Institutional and Insider Ownership
56.3% of LightPath Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 24.8% of LightPath Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 48.8% of Video Display 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.
Profitability
This table compares LightPath Technologies and Video Display’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| LightPath Technologies | -36.76% | -60.07% | -16.13% |
| Video Display | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares LightPath Technologies and Video Display”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| LightPath Technologies | $37.20 million | 15.38 | -$14.87 million | ($0.39) | -32.23 |
| Video Display | $8.30 million | 0.00 | -$130,000.00 | ($0.13) | 0.00 |
Video Display has lower revenue, but higher earnings than LightPath Technologies. LightPath Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Video Display, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
LightPath Technologies beats Video Display on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About LightPath Technologies
LightPath Technologies, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and distributes optical components and assemblies. The company offers precision molded glass aspheric optics, molded and diamond-turned infrared aspheric lenses, and other optical components used to produce products that manipulate light; and infrared products, including catalog and custom infrared optics. Its products are used in defense products, medical devices, laser aided industrial tools, automotive safety applications, barcode scanners, optical data storage, hybrid fiber coax datacom, telecommunications, machine vision and sensors, and other sectors. The company sells its products directly to customers in Europe and Asia. LightPath Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Orlando, Florida.
About Video Display
Video Display Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, designs, engineers, manufactures, markets, distributes, and installs display products and systems for government, military, aerospace, medical, and commercial organizations worldwide. The company operates in four divisions: Simulation and Training Products; Cyber Secure Products; Data Display CRTs; and Other Computer Products. It offers dome and multi-faceted aircraft simulator display systems, video walls for broadcast and control centers, rugged video walls for combat information centers, rugged flat panel displays and computers, projector and monitor upgrades, and projection screens. The company also provides cyber security products, such as TEMPEST technology products and custom engineering solutions; and various contract services, including the design and testing solutions for defense and niche commercial uses. In addition, it manufactures and distributes cathode ray tubes (CRTs) for use in data display screens, such as computer terminal monitors, medical monitoring equipment, and various other data display applications, as well as in television sets; and distributes CRTs and other electronic tubes purchased from original equipment manufacturers, as well as offers cyber-secure keyboards. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Cocoa, Florida.
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