Insight Enterprises (NASDAQ:NSIT – Get Free Report) and Lightwave Logic (NASDAQ:LWLG – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and risk.
Profitability
This table compares Insight Enterprises and Lightwave Logic’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Insight Enterprises | 2.45% | 22.70% | 3.71% |
| Lightwave Logic | -9,143.60% | -30.34% | -28.76% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Insight Enterprises and Lightwave Logic, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Insight Enterprises | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2.71 |
| Lightwave Logic | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Insight Enterprises and Lightwave Logic”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Insight Enterprises | $8.25 billion | 0.57 | $157.35 million | $6.83 | 23.62 |
| Lightwave Logic | $240,000.00 | 3,494.52 | -$20.31 million | ($0.16) | -34.00 |
Insight Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than Lightwave Logic. Lightwave Logic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Insight Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
27.0% of Lightwave Logic shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Insight Enterprises shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Lightwave Logic shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Volatility and Risk
Insight Enterprises has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lightwave Logic has a beta of 2.4, suggesting that its share price is 140% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Insight Enterprises beats Lightwave Logic on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Insight Enterprises
Insight Enterprises, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides information technology, hardware, software, and services in the United States and internationally. The company offers modern platforms/infrastructure that manages and supports cloud and data platforms, modern networks, and edge technologies; cybersecurity solutions automates and connects modern platform securely; data and artificial intelligence modernizes data platforms and architectures, and build data analytics and AI solutions; modern workplace and apps; and intelligent edge solutions that gathers and utilizes data for real-time decision making. It also provides software maintenance solutions that offers clients to obtain software upgrades, bug fixes, help desk, and other support services; vendor direct support services contracts; and cloud/software-as-a-service subscription products. In addition, the company designs, procures, deploys, implements, and manages solutions that combine hardware, software, and services to help businesses. It serves construction, esports, financial services, health care and life sciences, manufacturing, retail and restaurant, service providers, small to medium business, and travel and tourism industries. Insight Enterprises, Inc., was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Chandler, Arizona.
About Lightwave Logic
Lightwave Logic, Inc. focuses on the development of photonic devices and electro-optical polymer materials systems for fiber-optic data communications, telecommunications, and optical computing markets in the United States. The company is involved in the designing and synthesizing of organic chromophores for use in its electro-optic polymer systems and photonic device designs. It also offers electro-optic modulators, which converts data from electric signals to optical signals for transmission over fiber-optic cables; and polymer photonic integrated circuits, a photonic device, which integrates various photonic functions on a single chip. In addition, the company provides the ridge waveguide modulator, a modulator that fabricates the waveguide within a layer of its electro-optic polymer system. It focuses on selling its products to electro-optic device manufacturers, contract manufacturers, original equipment manufacturers, foundries, packaging and assembly manufacturers, etc.; and semiconductor companies, optical network companies, Web 2.0/3.0 media companies, computing companies, telecommunications companies, aerospace companies, automotive companies, and government agencies and defense entities. The company was formerly known as Third-order Nanotechnologies, Inc. and changed its name to Lightwave Logic, Inc. in March 2008. Lightwave Logic, Inc. was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.
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