VATE vs. GIFI, TPCS, VMI, ACA, PRLB, SRL, LIVE, GEG, FGF, and LRHC
Should you be buying INNOVATE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of INNOVATE include Gulf Island Fabrication (GIFI), TechPrecision (TPCS), Valmont Industries (VMI), Arcosa (ACA), Proto Labs (PRLB), Scully Royalty (SRL), Live Ventures (LIVE), Great Elm Group (GEG), Fundamental Global (FGF), and La Rosa (LRHC).
INNOVATE (NYSE:VATE) and Gulf Island Fabrication (NASDAQ:GIFI) are both small-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
INNOVATE has a beta of 2.41, suggesting that its stock price is 141% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gulf Island Fabrication has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
INNOVATE has a net margin of -3.07% compared to Gulf Island Fabrication's net margin of -14.27%. INNOVATE's return on equity of 0.00% beat Gulf Island Fabrication's return on equity.
34.3% of INNOVATE shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.4% of Gulf Island Fabrication shares are held by institutional investors. 32.3% of INNOVATE shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.1% of Gulf Island Fabrication shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Gulf Island Fabrication has lower revenue, but higher earnings than INNOVATE. Gulf Island Fabrication is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than INNOVATE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Gulf Island Fabrication had 1 more articles in the media than INNOVATE. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Gulf Island Fabrication and 1 mentions for INNOVATE. Gulf Island Fabrication's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat INNOVATE's score of 0.76 indicating that Gulf Island Fabrication is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gulf Island Fabrication received 193 more outperform votes than INNOVATE when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
INNOVATE beats Gulf Island Fabrication on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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