BWEN vs. MATW, EAF, NWPX, PKOH, LXFR, GHM, ALTG, CIX, IRBT, and QUAD
Should you be buying Broadwind stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Broadwind include Matthews International (MATW), GrafTech International (EAF), Northwest Pipe (NWPX), Park-Ohio (PKOH), Luxfer (LXFR), Graham (GHM), Alta Equipment Group (ALTG), CompX International (CIX), iRobot (IRBT), and Quad/Graphics (QUAD).
Matthews International (NASDAQ:MATW) and Broadwind (NASDAQ:BWEN) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
83.1% of Matthews International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.3% of Broadwind shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Matthews International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Broadwind shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Matthews International has higher revenue and earnings than Broadwind. Broadwind is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Matthews International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Matthews International currently has a consensus price target of $59.00, suggesting a potential upside of 118.84%. Broadwind has a consensus price target of $5.67, suggesting a potential upside of 43.10%. Given Broadwind's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Matthews International is more favorable than Broadwind.
Broadwind has a net margin of 4.36% compared to Broadwind's net margin of 1.77%. Broadwind's return on equity of 16.75% beat Matthews International's return on equity.
In the previous week, Matthews International and Matthews International both had 1 articles in the media. Broadwind's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Matthews International's score of 1.18 indicating that Matthews International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Matthews International received 60 more outperform votes than Broadwind when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.44% of users gave Matthews International an outperform vote while only 61.03% of users gave Broadwind an outperform vote.
Matthews International has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Broadwind has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Matthews International beats Broadwind on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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