FTEL vs. LAKE, MNTX, ARC, EOSE, HURC, UFI, VTNR, ACNT, TSE, and MKFG
Should you be buying Fitell stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fitell include Lakeland Industries (LAKE), Manitex International (MNTX), ARC Document Solutions (ARC), Eos Energy Enterprises (EOSE), Hurco Companies (HURC), Unifi (UFI), Vertex Energy (VTNR), Ascent Industries (ACNT), Trinseo (TSE), and Markforged (MKFG). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Lakeland Industries (NASDAQ:LAKE) and Fitell (NASDAQ:FTEL) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.
71.7% of Lakeland Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Fitell shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of Lakeland Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Lakeland Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Fitell.
Lakeland Industries currently has a consensus target price of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 30.33%. Given Fitell's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Lakeland Industries is more favorable than Fitell.
In the previous week, Lakeland Industries had 1 more articles in the media than Fitell. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Lakeland Industries and 1 mentions for Fitell. Lakeland Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Fitell's score of 0.47 indicating that Fitell is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lakeland Industries has a net margin of 4.33% compared to Lakeland Industries' net margin of 0.00%. Fitell's return on equity of 6.63% beat Lakeland Industries' return on equity.
Lakeland Industries received 199 more outperform votes than Fitell when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Lakeland Industries beats Fitell on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FTEL 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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