(IHS) (IHS) Competitors

(IHS) (NYSE:IHS) and Lumentum (NASDAQ:LITE) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Does the media prefer IHS or LITE?

In the previous week, (IHS) had 1 more articles in the media than Lumentum. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for (IHS) and 9 mentions for Lumentum. Lumentum's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat (IHS)'s score of 0.00 indicating that Lumentum is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
(IHS)	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Lumentum	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better earnings and valuation, IHS or LITE?

Lumentum has lower revenue, but higher earnings than (IHS). Lumentum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than (IHS), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
(IHS)	$2.13B	0.59	-$1.98B	-$5.85	-0.65
Lumentum	$1.77B	1.71	-$131.60M	-$3.94	-11.36

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of IHS or LITE?

17.5% of (IHS) shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.1% of Lumentum shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of (IHS) shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Lumentum shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IHS or LITE?

Lumentum received 562 more outperform votes than (IHS) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.06% of users gave Lumentum an outperform vote while only 60.07% of users gave (IHS) an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
(IHS)	Outperform Votes 328 60.07%	Underperform Votes 218 39.93%
Lumentum	Outperform Votes 890 72.06%	Underperform Votes 345 27.94%

Do analysts recommend IHS or LITE?

(IHS) presently has a consensus target price of $10.80, indicating a potential upside of 184.21%. Lumentum has a consensus target price of $52.69, indicating a potential upside of 17.77%. Given (IHS)'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe (IHS) is more favorable than Lumentum.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
(IHS)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Lumentum	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42

Which has more risk and volatility, IHS or LITE?

(IHS) has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lumentum has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is IHS or LITE more profitable?

Lumentum has a net margin of -18.52% compared to (IHS)'s net margin of -91.89%. Lumentum's return on equity of 1.04% beat (IHS)'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
(IHS)	-91.89%	-11.96%	-1.55%
Lumentum	-18.52%	1.04%	0.31%

Summary

Lumentum beats (IHS) on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.