Compare · LWLG vs WRK
LWLG vs WRK
Side-by-side comparison of Lightwave Logic Inc. (LWLG) and Westrock Company (WRK): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- LWLG operates in Industrials, while WRK operates in Consumer Discretionary - the two are in different parts of the market.
- WRK is the larger of the two at $11.69B, about 7.4x LWLG ($1.59B).
- LWLG has hit the wire 8 times in the past 4 weeks while WRK has been quiet.
- WRK has more recent analyst coverage (15 ratings vs 0 for LWLG).
- Company
- Lightwave Logic Inc.
- Westrock Company
- Price
- $10.29+1.53%
- $51.53+3.72%
- Market cap
- $1.59B
- $11.69B
- 1M return
- -
- -
- 1Y return
- -
- -
- Industry
- Containers/Packaging
- Containers/Packaging
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
- NYSE
- IPO
- 2015
- News (4w)
- 8
- 0
- Recent ratings
- 0
- 15
Lightwave Logic Inc.
Lightwave Logic, Inc., a development stage company, focuses on the development of photonic devices and non-linear optical polymer materials systems for fiber-optic data communications and optical computing markets in the United States. The company is involved in designing and synthesizing 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, such as telecommunications component and systems manufacturers, networking and switching suppliers, semiconductor companies, Web 2.0 media, computing companies, aerospace companies, and government agencies. 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.
Westrock Company
WestRock Company manufactures and sells paper and packaging solutions in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The company operates through Corrugated Packaging and Consumer Packaging segments. The Corrugated Packaging segment produces containerboards, corrugated sheets, corrugated packaging, and preprinted linerboards for sale to consumer and industrial products manufacturers, and corrugated box manufacturers. It also provides structural and graphic design, engineering services and custom, and automated packaging machines; offers a machinery solution that creates pouches to replace single-use plastics, including bubble mailers; distributes corrugated packaging materials and other specialty packaging products, including stretch films, void fills, carton sealing tapes, and other specialty tapes; operates recycling facilities that collect, sort, grade, and bale recovered paper; and provides lithographic laminated packaging products, as well as contract packing services. The Consumer Packaging segment manufactures and sells folding cartons that are used to package food, paper, beverages, dairy products, tobacco, confectionery, health and beauty, other household consumer, and commercial and industrial products; and express mail packages for the overnight courier industry. It also offers inserts and labels, as well as rigid packaging and other printed packaging products, such as transaction cards, brochures, product literature, marketing materials, and grower tags and plant stakes for the horticultural market; and secondary packages and paperboard packaging for over-the-counter and prescription drugs. In addition, this segment manufactures and sells solid fiber and corrugated partitions, and die-cut paperboard components principally to glass container manufacturers, producers of beer, food, wine, spirits, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals, and the automotive industry. WestRock Company is based in Atlanta, Georgia.
Latest LWLG
- Principal Financial Officer Quan Snizhana P. was granted 2,500 shares, increasing direct ownership by 5% to 53,280 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director El-Ahmadi Siraj Nour was granted 13,612 shares, increasing direct ownership by 14% to 110,780 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Ciesla Craig was granted 13,612 shares, increasing direct ownership by 11% to 132,436 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Connelly Thomas M Jr was granted 13,612 shares, increasing direct ownership by 18% to 90,744 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Partridge Laila was granted 13,612 shares, increasing direct ownership by 17% to 94,335 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Bucchi Ronald A was granted 13,612 shares, increasing direct ownership by 7% to 208,491 units (SEC Form 4)
- Principal Financial Officer Quan Snizhana P. sold $3,936 worth of shares (345 units at $11.41), decreasing direct ownership by 0.67% to 50,780 units (SEC Form 4) to satisfy withholding tax
- Lightwave Logic Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- SEC Form 10-Q filed by Lightwave Logic Inc.
- SEC Form S-3ASR filed by Lightwave Logic Inc.
Latest WRK
- Atlas Holdings Completes Acquisition of The ODP Corporation; Craig Gunckel Named Chief Executive Officer
- IES Holdings Appoints Kelly C. Janzen to its Board of Directors
- Vestis Reports First Quarter 2025 Results; Reaffirms FY25 Guidance; Announces Chief Financial Officer and Chief Legal Officer Transitions
- SEC Form 15-12G filed by Westrock Company
- SEC Form S-8 POS filed by Westrock Company
- SEC Form S-8 POS filed by Westrock Company
- SEC Form S-8 POS filed by Westrock Company
- SEC Form S-8 POS filed by Westrock Company
- Westrock Company filed SEC Form 8-K: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement, Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets, Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation, Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing, Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders, Changes in Control of Registrant, Leadership Update, Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- Director Crews Terrell K returned 49,714 shares to the company, closing all direct ownership in the company (SEC Form 4)