LITE vs LPL vs REFR Stock Comparison

Lumentum Holdings, LG Display and Research Frontiers Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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LITE Lumentum Holdings Inc.
$818.10 -13.1% 1M +356.3% 1Y
Market cap
$62.36B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$3.01B
Div. yield
–
Electronic Components Technology
5 wins
LPL LG Display Co., Ltd.
$2.68 -10.1% 1M -45.9% 1Y
Market cap
$2.71B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$17.53B
Div. yield
–
Electronic Components Technology
3 wins
REFR Research Frontiers Inc
$0.45 -43.0% 1M -77.5% 1Y
Market cap
$15.69M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$654.23K
Div. yield
–
Electronic Components Technology

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Lumentum Holdings leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Lumentum Holdings 5, LG Display 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionLITELPLREFRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $62.36B $2.71B $15.69M LITE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -9.0x -5.8x -7.0x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 38.4x — — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +83.2% -6.9% -46.5% LITE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -230.2% -2.7% -343.9% LPL
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 8.1% 3.3% — LITE
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -1.4x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +356.3% -45.9% -77.5% LITE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +59.0%/yr -19.3%/yr -27.9%/yr LITE
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 98.8% 61.7% 95.9% LPL
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 47/100 53/100 18/100 LPL

Percentile Scorecard

LITELPLREFR

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisLITELPLREFR
Valuation 9 #101 of 111 94 #8 of 111 5 #106 of 111
Growth 80 #22 of 108 73 #30 of 108 10 #97 of 108
Profitability 40 #63 of 104 36 #67 of 104 5 #99 of 104
Financial Health 56 #51 of 115 8 #106 of 115 52 #56 of 115
Shareholder Returns 48 #43 of 81 – 19 #66 of 81
Overall 47 53 18
  • LITE ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware
  • LPL ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware
  • REFR ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodLITELPLREFRSPY
1 month -13.1%-10.1%-43.0% -0.8%
3 months +14.9%-14.4%-2.2% +3.5%
6 months -4.8%-35.9%-52.6% +7.0%
Year to date +122.0%-36.3%-65.6% +12.2%
1 year +356.3%-45.9%-77.5% +13.0%
3 years +2,168.1%-39.4%-58.3% +86.3%
3 years, per year +183.3%-15.4%-25.3% +23.1%
5 years +913.8%-65.7%-80.5% +68.6%
5 years, per year +59.0%-19.3%-27.9% +11.0%
10 years +1,912.5%-79.4%-79.7% +258.0%
10 years, per year +35.0%-14.6%-14.8% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureLITELPLREFRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 98.8%61.7%95.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 100.3%68.1%92.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.152.331.18 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 3.61-0.74-0.81 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -66.5%-76.0%-86.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -27.8%-53.5%-80.9% -1.8%
52-week high $1,133.40$5.76$2.36 $779.14
52-week low $188.36$2.59$0.38 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleLITELPLREFR
P/E now vs peer median -8.8xmedian 32.0x -5.8xmedian 32.0x -7.0xmedian 32.0x
P/S now vs peer median 24.0xmedian 2.8x 0.2xmedian 2.8x 24.0xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 89.7xmedian 19.4x —median 19.4x -6.4xmedian 19.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 241.5xmedian 29.0x 2.0xmedian 29.0x -10.0xmedian 29.0x
P/B now vs peer median 15.6xmedian 2.9x 0.5xmedian 2.9x 14.0xmedian 2.9x
PEG now vs peer median 0.03median 1.13 -0.12median 1.13 -4.98median 1.13

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsLITELPLREFR
Revenue $3.01B $17.53B $654.23K
Gross profit $1.26B $2.54B –
Operating income $524.80M $456.43M -$2.28M
Net income -$6.94B -$915.07M -$2.25M
Free cash flow $300.10M $1.37B -$1.56M
R&D $356.50M $957.27M $551.00K
EPS (diluted) $-92.99 $-0.58 $-0.06
Cash & equivalents $2.04B $941.29M $1.10M
Total debt $1.64B $37.49B –
Shares (diluted) 74.60M 797.61M 34.87M
Enterprise value $54.18B -$1.77B $11.50M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricLITELPLREFR
P/E -8.8x -5.8x -7.0x
P/FCF 241.5x 2.0x -10.0x
P/Operating cash flow 96.5x 1.3x -10.1x
P/S 24.0x 0.2x 24.0x
P/B 15.6x 0.5x 14.0x
P/Tangible book 16.8x 0.7x 14.0x
EV/EBITDA 89.7x – -6.4x
EV/EBIT 136.0x 22.7x -6.4x
EV/Revenue 23.7x 0.6x 22.3x
EV/FCF 237.9x 7.6x -9.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 95.0x 4.8x -9.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.03 -0.12 -4.98

Growth

14 metrics
MetricLITELPLREFR
Revenue growth (1Y) 83.2% -6.9% -46.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 19.5% 0.0% -2.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 173.1% 18.3% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 30.2% 101.7% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 391.4% 865.5% -19.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 87.0% 29.4% 0.6%
Net income growth (1Y) -26,876% -141.3% -28.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -274.9% 36.4% 0.1%
EPS growth (1Y) -25,088% 40.6% -23.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -264.1% 49.0% 1.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 494.9% 28.4% -67.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 61.1% -6.4% 12.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 386.6% 585.0% -67.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 80.2% 33.6% 12.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricLITELPLREFR
Gross margin 41.7% 14.5% –
EBITDA margin 26.4% – -347.1%
Operating margin 17.4% 2.6% -348.1%
Pretax margin -238.0% -5.1% -348.1%
Net margin -230.2% -2.7% -343.9%
FCF margin 10.0% 7.8% -238.6%
Operating cash flow margin 24.9% 12.2% -238.6%
Return on equity -182.1% -18.1% -156.7%
Return on assets -96.8% -5.1% -82.0%
Return on invested capital 8.1% 3.3% –
Return on capital employed 11.2% 4.4% -96.2%
Asset turnover 0.4x 1.0x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.1x -2.3x 0.7x
Stock comp / revenue 5.6% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricLITELPLREFR
Debt / assets 22.4% 48.9% –
Debt / equity 0.4x 1.8x –
Net debt / EBITDA -1.4x – –
Debt / FCF 5.5x 6.4x –
Liabilities / assets 36.5% 72.2% 54.6%
Equity / assets 63.5% 27.8% 45.4%
Interest coverage 24.1x 0.6x –
Current ratio 1.7x 0.6x 3.5x
Quick ratio 1.1x 0.3x 3.2x
Cash ratio 1.1x 0.1x 2.7x
Altman Z-score 15.76 0.97 -68.15

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricLITELPLREFR
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 0.0% – -8.8%
Shareholder yield 0.0% 0.0% -8.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusLITELPLREFR
Forward P/E 38.4xFY2027 – –
EPS, next fiscal year $21.30FY2027 $-0.34FY2026 –
EPS growth, next FY +145.7%FY2027 -312.5%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +61.0% – –
Revenue, next fiscal year $6.52BFY2027 $18.55BFY2026 –
Revenue growth, next FY +116.6%FY2027 +3.5%FY2026 –
Revenue growth, the year after +62.8% -3.8% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersLITELPLREFR
Held by institutions 92.8% 7.8% 10.5%
Institutions holding 1,316 189 34
Change in shares held, QoQ +6.6% +76.8% -3.9%
Institutions buying 903 153 10
Institutions selling 318 22 8
Buyers to sellers 2.84 6.95 1.25

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

LITELPLREFR
LITE 1.00 0.34 0.11
LPL 0.34 1.00 0.09
REFR 0.11 0.09 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, LITE, LPL and REFR?

Lumentum Holdings (LITE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Lumentum Holdings (LITE) $62.36B, LG Display (LPL) $2.71B, Research Frontiers (REFR) $15.69M.

Which company is growing faster?

Lumentum Holdings (LITE) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Lumentum Holdings (LITE) +83.2%, LG Display (LPL) -6.9%, Research Frontiers (REFR) -46.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

LG Display (LPL) has the highest net margin (Lumentum Holdings (LITE) -230.2%, LG Display (LPL) -2.7%, Research Frontiers (REFR) -343.9%). On return on invested capital, Lumentum Holdings (LITE) leads (Lumentum Holdings (LITE) 8.1%, LG Display (LPL) 3.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Lumentum Holdings (LITE) returned the most: Lumentum Holdings (LITE) +356.3%, LG Display (LPL) -45.9%, Research Frontiers (REFR) -77.5%. Over five years, Lumentum Holdings (LITE) compounded fastest (Lumentum Holdings (LITE) +59.0%/yr, LG Display (LPL) -19.3%/yr, Research Frontiers (REFR) -27.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, LG Display (LPL) has been the steadiest (Lumentum Holdings (LITE) 98.8%, LG Display (LPL) 61.7%, Research Frontiers (REFR) 95.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, LITE, LPL and REFR?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Lumentum Holdings (LITE) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.