CENX vs. NSSC, KALU, DNOW, XRX, HLIO, APOG, HOLI, HEES, LZ, and HY
Should you be buying Century Aluminum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Century Aluminum include Napco Security Technologies (NSSC), Kaiser Aluminum (KALU), DNOW (DNOW), Xerox (XRX), Helios Technologies (HLIO), Apogee Enterprises (APOG), Hollysys Automation Technologies (HOLI), H&E Equipment Services (HEES), LegalZoom.com (LZ), and Hyster-Yale Materials Handling (HY). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Century Aluminum (NASDAQ:CENX) and Napco Security Technologies (NASDAQ:NSSC) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and profitability.
In the previous week, Century Aluminum had 7 more articles in the media than Napco Security Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Century Aluminum and 3 mentions for Napco Security Technologies. Napco Security Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Century Aluminum's score of 0.64 indicating that Napco Security Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
61.6% of Century Aluminum shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.1% of Napco Security Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Century Aluminum shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of Napco Security Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Napco Security Technologies has a net margin of 25.58% compared to Century Aluminum's net margin of 10.72%. Napco Security Technologies' return on equity of 30.50% beat Century Aluminum's return on equity.
Century Aluminum has a beta of 2.67, meaning that its share price is 167% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Napco Security Technologies has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Century Aluminum currently has a consensus target price of $12.00, indicating a potential downside of 32.77%. Napco Security Technologies has a consensus target price of $41.83, indicating a potential downside of 8.06%. Given Napco Security Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Napco Security Technologies is more favorable than Century Aluminum.
Century Aluminum received 89 more outperform votes than Napco Security Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.42% of users gave Napco Security Technologies an outperform vote while only 51.00% of users gave Century Aluminum an outperform vote.
Napco Security Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Century Aluminum. Century Aluminum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Napco Security Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Napco Security Technologies beats Century Aluminum on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CENX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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