Lakeland Industries (NASDAQ:LAKE – Get Free Report) and Cycurion (NASDAQ:CYCU – Get Free Report) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.
Volatility and Risk
Lakeland Industries has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cycurion has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings for Lakeland Industries and Cycurion, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Lakeland Industries | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Cycurion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Lakeland Industries and Cycurion”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Lakeland Industries | $167.21 million | 0.76 | -$18.08 million | ($3.01) | -4.44 |
| Cycurion | $17.40 million | 0.63 | $1.23 million | N/A | N/A |
Cycurion has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lakeland Industries.
Profitability
This table compares Lakeland Industries and Cycurion’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Lakeland Industries | -13.31% | -6.88% | -4.47% |
| Cycurion | N/A | -267.22% | -55.49% |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
71.7% of Lakeland Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.6% of Cycurion shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Lakeland Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 60.3% of Cycurion shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Lakeland Industries beats Cycurion on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Lakeland Industries
Lakeland Industries, Inc. manufactures and sells industrial protective clothing and accessories for the industrial and public protective clothing market worldwide. It offers firefighting and heat protective apparel to protect against fire; high-end chemical protective suits to provide protection from highly concentrated, toxic and/or lethal chemicals, and biological toxins; and limited use/disposable protective clothing, such as coveralls, laboratory coats, shirts, pants, hoods, aprons, sleeves, arm guards, caps, and smocks. The company provides durable woven garments, including electrostatic dissipative apparel used in electronics clean rooms; flame resistant meta aramid, para aramid, and FR cotton coveralls/pants/jackets used in petrochemical, refining operations, and electrical utilities; FR fabrics; and cotton and polycotton coveralls, lab coats, pants, and shirts. In addition, it provides high visibility clothing comprising reflective apparel, including vests, T-shirts, sweatshirts, jackets, coats, raingear, jumpsuits, hats, and gloves; and gloves and sleeves that are used in the automotive, glass, and metal fabrication industries. The company sells its products to a network of safety and industrial supply distributors through in-house sales teams, customer service group, and independent sales representatives. It serves end users, such as integrated oil, chemical/petrochemical, automobile, steel, glass, construction, smelting, cleanroom, janitorial, pharmaceutical, and high technology electronics manufacturers, as well as scientific, medical laboratories, and the utilities industry; and federal, state, and local governmental agencies and departments. Lakeland Industries, Inc. was incorporated in 1982 and is headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama.
About Cycurion
Cycurion is a global leading provider of Network Communications and Information Technology Security Solutions. Our mission is to develop and deliver world-class, cutting-edge solutions for our clients, regardless of size or complication, expressly optimizing your IT environment to meet the business need and to keep projects on track and on budget.
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