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 1.4 times as much as Ubiquiti ($58.1B against $41.1B).
Lumentum grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (83.2% versus 29.4% for Ubiquiti).
Ubiquiti keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 30.1% compared with −230% at Lumentum.
Ubiquiti pays a dividend yielding 0.50%; Lumentum does not pay one.
Ubiquiti scores higher on the StockData Score (21 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 | $58.1B | $41.1B |
| Share price | $648.06 | $679.42 |
| Change, 1 year | 149% | 15.3% |
| Change, 5 years | 611% | 129% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.80 | 1.16 |
| Employees | 14K | 1,321 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 8 | 21 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Growth score | 3 | 5 (better) |
| Performance score | 1 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 4 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 38.4× |
| P/S | 19.3× | 11.5× (better) |
| P/B | 12.5× (better) | 24.4× |
| EV/EBITDA | 112× | 30.2× (better) |
| P/FCF | 194× | 40.0× (better) |
| PEG | – | 1.16 |
| FCF yield | 0.52% | 2.5% (better) |
| Fair value | $116.11 | $562.80 |
| Margin of safety | −458% | −20.7% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 83.2% (better) | 29.4% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 11.6% (better) | 11.5% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −26876% | 35.5% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 35.5% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 10.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 41.7% | 46.5% (better) |
| Operating margin | 17.4% | 36.9% (better) |
| Net margin | −230% | 30.1% (better) |
| FCF margin | 10.0% | 28.8% (better) |
| Return on equity | −240% | 85.4% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 10.4% | 131% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.70 (better) | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.94 | – |
| Interest coverage | 24.1× | – |
| Current ratio | 1.68 | 3.13 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 12.53 | 35.02 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 0.50% |
| Payout ratio | – | 19.2% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 1 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 14.9% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 0.50% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 91.8% | 4.9% |
| Held by insiders | 1.0% | 0.00% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$168M | −$340K (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 9.1% | 0.57% |
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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