LITE vs SPRS vs UEIC Stock Comparison

Lumentum Holdings, Surge Components and Universal Electronics Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
LITE Lumentum Holdings Inc.
$818.10 -13.1% 1M +356.3% 1Y
Market cap
$64.61B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$3.01B
Div. yield
–
Electronic Components Technology
6 wins
SPRS Surge Components Inc
$3.22 -19.3% 1M +15.4% 1Y
Market cap
$18.47M
P/E
17.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$37.54M
Div. yield
–
Electronic Components Technology
3 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Lumentum Holdings leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Lumentum Holdings 6, Surge Components 3, Universal Electronics 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionLITESPRSUEICLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $64.61B $18.47M $68.30M LITE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -9.3x 17.2x -4.5x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 38.5x — 11.0x UEIC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +83.2% +6.5% -17.9% LITE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -230.2% 2.9% -4.6% SPRS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 8.1% — -1.7% LITE
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -1.4x — -1.2x LITE
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +356.3% +15.4% +20.4% LITE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +59.0%/yr -2.4%/yr -33.7%/yr LITE
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 98.8% 49.6% 55.7% SPRS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 47/100 65/100 58/100 SPRS

Percentile Scorecard

LITESPRSUEIC

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

AxisLITESPRSUEIC
Valuation 9 #101 of 111 98 #3 of 111 91 #11 of 111
Growth 80 #22 of 108 25 #81 of 108 26 #80 of 108
Profitability 40 #63 of 104 51 #52 of 104 35 #68 of 104
Financial Health 56 #51 of 115 84 #19 of 115 46 #63 of 115
Shareholder Returns 48 #43 of 81 – 94 #6 of 81
Overall 47 65 58
  • LITE ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware
  • SPRS ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware
  • UEIC ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodLITESPRSUEICSPY
1 month -13.1%-19.3%+2.7% -0.8%
3 months +14.9%-16.1%+15.4% +3.5%
6 months -4.8%-8.0%+24.6% +7.0%
Year to date +122.0%-5.3%+45.7% +12.2%
1 year +356.3%+15.4%+20.4% +13.0%
3 years +2,168.1%+17.5%-30.2% +86.3%
3 years, per year +183.3%+5.5%-11.3% +23.1%
5 years +913.8%-11.3%-87.1% +68.6%
5 years, per year +59.0%-2.4%-33.7% +11.0%
10 years +1,912.5%+218.8%-92.2% +258.0%
10 years, per year +35.0%+12.3%-22.6% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureLITESPRSUEICSPY
Volatility, 1Y 98.8%49.6%55.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 100.3%61.8%51.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.15-0.140.35 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 3.610.310.37 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -66.5%-49.4%-93.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -27.8%-24.4%-10.5% -1.8%
52-week high $1,133.40$4.26$5.88 $779.14
52-week low $188.36$2.73$2.76 $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.

MultipleLITESPRSUEIC
P/E now vs peer median -8.8xmedian 32.0x 17.1xmedian 32.0x -4.4xmedian 32.0x
P/S now vs peer median 24.0xmedian 2.8x 0.5xmedian 2.8x 0.2xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 89.7xmedian 19.4x 3.8xmedian 19.4x 5.6xmedian 19.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 241.5xmedian 29.0x 13.0xmedian 29.0x 8.2xmedian 29.0x
P/B now vs peer median 15.6xmedian 2.9x 0.8xmedian 2.9x 0.5xmedian 2.9x
PEG now vs peer median 0.03median 1.13 -0.86median 1.13 -0.11median 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 monthsLITESPRSUEIC
Revenue $3.01B $37.54M $330.57M
Gross profit $1.26B $10.91M $97.69M
Operating income $524.80M $1.08M -$2.77M
Net income -$6.94B $1.08M -$15.10M
Free cash flow $300.10M $1.43M $8.24M
R&D $356.50M – $21.87M
EPS (diluted) $-92.99 $0.18 $-1.13
Cash & equivalents $2.04B $4.72M $32.40M
Total debt $1.64B – $86.37M
Shares (diluted) 74.60M 5.98M 13.43M
Enterprise value $56.43B -$39.37M -$57.73M

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
MetricLITESPRSUEIC
P/E -8.8x 17.1x -4.4x
P/FCF 241.5x 13.0x 8.2x
P/Operating cash flow 96.5x 12.9x 5.9x
P/S 24.0x 0.5x 0.2x
P/B 15.6x 0.8x 0.5x
P/Tangible book 16.8x 0.8x 0.6x
EV/EBITDA 89.7x 3.8x 5.6x
EV/EBIT 136.0x 4.0x -20.3x
EV/Revenue 23.7x 0.1x 0.2x
EV/FCF 237.9x 3.0x 6.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 95.0x 3.0x 4.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.03 -0.86 -0.11

Growth

14 metrics
MetricLITESPRSUEIC
Revenue growth (1Y) 83.2% 6.5% -17.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 19.5% -1.9% -12.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 173.1% 9.7% -16.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 30.2% -0.9% -8.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 391.4% 2.1% 58.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 87.0% -24.8% 63.9%
Net income growth (1Y) -26,876% 19.6% 7.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -274.9% -18.8% 40.4%
EPS growth (1Y) -25,088% 16.5% 9.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -264.1% -19.9% 41.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 494.9% 36.2% -61.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 61.1% -14.1% -34.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 386.6% 52.6% -68.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 80.2% -13.9% -32.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricLITESPRSUEIC
Gross margin 41.7% 29.1% 29.6%
EBITDA margin 26.4% 3.0% 3.0%
Operating margin 17.4% 2.9% -0.8%
Pretax margin -238.0% 4.0% -2.4%
Net margin -230.2% 2.9% -4.6%
FCF margin 10.0% 3.8% 2.5%
Operating cash flow margin 24.9% 3.8% 3.5%
Return on equity -182.1% 5.0% -10.7%
Return on assets -96.8% 3.8% -5.8%
Return on invested capital 8.1% – -1.7%
Return on capital employed 11.2% 4.8% -1.9%
Asset turnover 0.4x 1.3x 1.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.1x 1.3x -0.8x
Stock comp / revenue 5.6% 0.4% 0.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricLITESPRSUEIC
Debt / assets 22.4% – 7.8%
Debt / equity 0.4x – 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA -1.4x – -1.2x
Debt / FCF 5.5x – 2.5x
Liabilities / assets 36.5% 24.0% 46.5%
Equity / assets 63.5% 76.0% 53.5%
Interest coverage 24.1x – –
Current ratio 1.7x 4.4x 1.8x
Quick ratio 1.1x 3.5x 1.1x
Cash ratio 1.1x 2.3x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 15.76 4.08 2.89

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricLITESPRSUEIC
Dividend yield – – 4.6%
Net buyback yield 0.0% – 3.4%
Shareholder yield 0.0% – 8.0%
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.

ConsensusLITESPRSUEIC
Forward P/E 38.5xFY2027 – 11.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $21.25FY2027 – $0.48FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +145.1%FY2027 – +54.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +61.4% – +16.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $6.52BFY2027 – $288.89MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +116.6%FY2027 – -21.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +62.9% – +11.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersLITESPRSUEIC
Held by institutions 92.8% – 53.5%
Institutions holding 1,316 – 46
Change in shares held, QoQ +6.6% – -2.2%
Institutions buying 903 – 18
Institutions selling 318 – 16
Buyers to sellers 2.84 – 1.13

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.

LITESPRSUEIC
LITE 1.00 -0.11 0.06
SPRS -0.11 1.00 0.12
UEIC 0.06 0.12 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, LITE, SPRS and UEIC?

Lumentum Holdings (LITE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Lumentum Holdings (LITE) $64.61B, Surge Components (SPRS) $18.47M, Universal Electronics (UEIC) $68.30M.

Which company is growing faster?

Lumentum Holdings (LITE) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Lumentum Holdings (LITE) +83.2%, Surge Components (SPRS) +6.5%, Universal Electronics (UEIC) -17.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Surge Components (SPRS) has the highest net margin (Lumentum Holdings (LITE) -230.2%, Surge Components (SPRS) 2.9%, Universal Electronics (UEIC) -4.6%). On return on invested capital, Lumentum Holdings (LITE) leads (Lumentum Holdings (LITE) 8.1%, Universal Electronics (UEIC) -1.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Lumentum Holdings (LITE) returned the most: Lumentum Holdings (LITE) +356.3%, Surge Components (SPRS) +15.4%, Universal Electronics (UEIC) +20.4%. Over five years, Lumentum Holdings (LITE) compounded fastest (Lumentum Holdings (LITE) +59.0%/yr, Surge Components (SPRS) -2.4%/yr, Universal Electronics (UEIC) -33.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Surge Components (SPRS) has been the steadiest (Lumentum Holdings (LITE) 98.8%, Surge Components (SPRS) 49.6%, Universal Electronics (UEIC) 55.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, LITE, SPRS and UEIC?

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 6. 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.