Lakeland Industries (NASDAQ:LAKE – Get Free Report) and SoundThinking (NASDAQ:SSTI – Get Free Report) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.
Profitability
This table compares Lakeland Industries and SoundThinking’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Lakeland Industries | -11.22% | -3.07% | -2.01% |
| SoundThinking | -9.74% | -13.76% | -7.36% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Lakeland Industries and SoundThinking”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Lakeland Industries | $167.21 million | 0.92 | -$18.08 million | ($2.74) | -5.85 |
| SoundThinking | $102.03 million | 1.45 | -$9.18 million | ($0.79) | -14.65 |
SoundThinking has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lakeland Industries. SoundThinking is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lakeland Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Lakeland Industries and SoundThinking, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Lakeland Industries | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2.80 |
| SoundThinking | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2.57 |
Lakeland Industries currently has a consensus price target of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 55.86%. SoundThinking has a consensus price target of $20.80, suggesting a potential upside of 79.78%. Given SoundThinking’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SoundThinking is more favorable than Lakeland Industries.
Risk and Volatility
Lakeland Industries has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SoundThinking has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
71.7% of Lakeland Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.7% of SoundThinking shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Lakeland Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of SoundThinking shares are owned by company 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.
Summary
SoundThinking beats Lakeland Industries on 8 of the 15 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 SoundThinking
SoundThinking, Inc., a public safety technology company that provides transformative solutions and strategic advisory services for law enforcement and civic leadership. Its SafetySmart Platform, an integrated suite of data-driven tools that enable law enforcement and community violence prevention and health organizations to be efficient in public safety outcomes. It offers ShotSpotter, an acoustic gunshot detection system; CrimeTracer, a law enforcement search engine; CaseBuilder, an investigation management system; and ResourceRouter, a software that directs patrol and community anti-violence resources to help maximize their impact. The company sells its solutions through its direct sales teams. The company was formerly known as ShotSpotter, Inc. and changed its name to SoundThinking, Inc. in April 2023. SoundThinking, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Fremont, California.
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