Lumentum vs Ubiquiti
LITE and UI side by side, both in communications equipment. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How LITE and UI compare
Lumentum is the larger company, worth 2.2 times as much as Ubiquiti ($75.4B against $34.1B).
Lumentum grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (83.2% versus 27.2% for Ubiquiti).
Ubiquiti keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 29.3% compared with −230% at Lumentum.
Ubiquiti pays a dividend yielding 0.60%; Lumentum does not pay one.
Ubiquiti scores higher on the StockData Score (22 against 8 for Lumentum), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | LITE | UI |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $75.4B | $34.1B |
| Share price | $840.70 | $563.81 |
| Change, 1 year | 292% | −27.1% |
| Change, 5 years | 801% | 82.5% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.72 | 1.15 |
| Employees | 14K | 1,321 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 8 | 22 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Growth score | 3 | 5 (better) |
| Performance score | 1 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 4 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 35.6× |
| P/S | 25.0× | 10.4× (better) |
| P/B | 16.2× (better) | 23.7× |
| EV/EBITDA | 145× | 27.8× (better) |
| P/FCF | 251× | 37.5× (better) |
| PEG | – | 1.08 |
| FCF yield | 0.40% | 2.7% (better) |
| Fair value | $138.79 | $554.02 |
| Margin of safety | −506% | −1.8% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 83.2% (better) | 27.2% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 11.6% (better) | 11.5% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −26876% | 34.9% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 34.8% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 10.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 41.7% | 46.2% (better) |
| Operating margin | 17.4% | 36.2% (better) |
| Net margin | −230% | 29.3% (better) |
| FCF margin | 10.0% | 27.8% (better) |
| Return on equity | −240% | 91.1% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 10.4% | 120% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.70 (better) | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.94 (better) | −0.51 |
| Interest coverage | 24.1× | – |
| Current ratio | 1.68 | 2.93 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 16.42 | 31.85 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 0.60% |
| Payout ratio | – | 20.2% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 1 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 14.9% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 0.60% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 91.8% | 4.9% |
| Held by insiders | 1.0% | 0.00% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$150M | −$542K (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 8.4% | 0.61% |
Go deeper
- LITE stock overview
- LITE income statement
- LITE valuation and score
- UI stock overview
- UI income statement
- UI valuation and score
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