LSI Industries (NASDAQ:LYTS) and Blink Charging (NASDAQ:BLNK) Head-To-Head Analysis

Blink Charging (NASDAQ:BLNK) and LSI Industries (NASDAQ:LYTS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

44.6% of Blink Charging shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.9% of LSI Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Blink Charging shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of LSI Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Blink Charging and LSI Industries”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Blink Charging	$96.24 million	0.65	-$83.39 million	($0.40)	-1.07
LSI Industries	$689.40 million	1.06	$22.58 million	$0.67	29.36

LSI Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Blink Charging. Blink Charging is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LSI Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Blink Charging and LSI Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blink Charging	-52.24%	-57.97%	-25.95%
LSI Industries	3.28%	7.51%	3.71%

Risk & Volatility

Blink Charging has a beta of 2.07, meaning that its stock price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LSI Industries has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Blink Charging and LSI Industries, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Blink Charging	1	0	1	0	2.00
LSI Industries	0	2	3	0	2.60

Blink Charging presently has a consensus price target of $2.50, suggesting a potential upside of 482.75%. LSI Industries has a consensus price target of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 47.42%. Given Blink Charging’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Blink Charging is more favorable than LSI Industries.

Summary

LSI Industries beats Blink Charging on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Blink Charging

Blink Charging Co., through its subsidiaries, owns, operates, manufactures, and provides electric vehicle (EV) charging equipment and networked EV charging services in the United States and internationally. The company offers residential and commercial EV charging equipment that enable EV drivers to recharge at various location types. It also provides Blink Network, a cloud-based system that operates, maintains, and manages various Blink charging stations and associated charging data, back-end operations, and payment processing, as well as offers fleets, property owners, managers, parking companies, and state and municipal entities with cloud-based services that enable the remote monitoring and management of EV charging stations; and EV drivers with station information, including station location, availability, and applicable fees. In addition, the company offers EV charging hardware, software services, and service plans. It has strategic partnerships across transit/destination locations, including airports, auto dealers, healthcare/medicals, hotels, mixed-use and municipal locations, multifamily residential and condos, parks and recreation areas, parking lots, religious institutions, restaurants, retailers, schools and universities, stadiums, supermarkets, transportation hubs, and workplace locations. Blink Charging Co. was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Bowie, Maryland.

About LSI Industries

LSI Industries Inc. produces and sells non-residential lighting and retail display solutions in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Latin America. It operates through two segments, Lighting and Display Solutions. The Lighting segment manufactures, markets, and sells non-residential outdoor and indoor lighting fixture and control solutions in the commercial and industrial markets. This segment also offers lighting control products, including sensors, photocontrols, dimmers, motion detection, and Bluetooth systems to support lighting fixtures; and designs, engineers, and manufactures electronic circuit boards, assemblies, and sub-assemblies. The Display Solutions segment manufactures, sells, and installs exterior and interior visual image and display elements, including printed and structural graphics, digital signage, menu board systems, display fixtures, refrigerated displays, and custom display elements. This segments products and services include signage and canopy graphics, pump dispenser graphics, building fascia graphics, decals, interior signage and marketing graphics, aisle markers, wall mural graphics, and refrigerated and non-refrigerated merchandising displays. This segment also provides project management services comprising installation management, site surveys, permitting, and content management; and manages and executes the implementation of large rollout programs. It serves refueling and convenience store, parking lot and garage, quick-service restaurant, retail and grocery store, automotive, warehouse, sports court, and field markets, as well as warehouses. LSI Industries Inc. was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.