Head-To-Head Survey: LSI Industries (NASDAQ:LYTS) versus Intelligent Living Application Group (NASDAQ:ILAG)

LSI Industries (NASDAQ:LYTS) and Intelligent Living Application Group (NASDAQ:ILAG) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.

Volatility and Risk

LSI Industries has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intelligent Living Application Group has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares LSI Industries and Intelligent Living Application Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LSI Industries	4.00%	10.24%	6.13%
Intelligent Living Application Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares LSI Industries and Intelligent Living Application Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LSI Industries	$469.64 million	1.12	$24.98 million	$0.72	24.32
Intelligent Living Application Group	$7.51 million	1.35	-$3.69 million	N/A	N/A

LSI Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Intelligent Living Application Group.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

73.9% of LSI Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Intelligent Living Application Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.2% of LSI Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 51.8% of Intelligent Living Application Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for LSI Industries and Intelligent Living Application Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LSI Industries	0	0	2	0	3.00
Intelligent Living Application Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

LSI Industries presently has a consensus target price of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 48.49%. Given LSI Industries’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe LSI Industries is more favorable than Intelligent Living Application Group.

Summary

LSI Industries beats Intelligent Living Application Group on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About LSI Industries

LSI Industries Inc. produces and sells non-residential lighting and retail display solutions in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Latin America. It operates through two segments, Lighting and Display Solutions. The Lighting segment manufactures, markets, and sells non-residential outdoor and indoor lighting fixture and control solutions in the commercial and industrial markets. This segment also offers lighting control products, including sensors, photocontrols, dimmers, motion detection, and Bluetooth systems to support lighting fixtures; and designs, engineers, and manufactures electronic circuit boards, assemblies, and sub-assemblies. The Display Solutions segment manufactures, sells, and installs exterior and interior visual image and display elements, including printed and structural graphics, digital signage, menu board systems, display fixtures, refrigerated displays, and custom display elements. This segments products and services include signage and canopy graphics, pump dispenser graphics, building fascia graphics, decals, interior signage and marketing graphics, aisle markers, wall mural graphics, and refrigerated and non-refrigerated merchandising displays. This segment also provides project management services comprising installation management, site surveys, permitting, and content management; and manages and executes the implementation of large rollout programs. It serves refueling and convenience store, parking lot and garage, quick-service restaurant, retail and grocery store, automotive, warehouse, sports court, and field markets, as well as warehouses. LSI Industries Inc. was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.

About Intelligent Living Application Group

Intelligent Living Application Group Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells mechanical locksets to customers in the United States and Canada. Its mechanical locksets consist of deadbolts, entry locksets, privacy locksets, and passage locksets as well as storerooms locks. The company offers locksets for outdoors comprising main entrances and gates, and indoor uses. Intelligent Living Application Group Inc. was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Kwai Chung, Hong Kong.