CULP vs. UFI, CRWS, GMGI, JAKK, VIRC, EVC, KNDI, ESCA, HOFT, and SOWG
Should you be buying Culp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Culp include Unifi (UFI), Crown Crafts (CRWS), Golden Matrix Group (GMGI), JAKKS Pacific (JAKK), Virco Mfg. (VIRC), Entravision Communications (EVC), Kandi Technologies Group (KNDI), Escalade (ESCA), Hooker Furnishings (HOFT), and Sow Good (SOWG).
Culp (NYSE:CULP) and Unifi (NYSE:UFI) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and profitability.
Culp has a net margin of -5.75% compared to Unifi's net margin of -10.19%. Unifi's return on equity of -15.15% beat Culp's return on equity.
75.1% of Culp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Unifi shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.6% of Culp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.9% of Unifi shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Culp has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unifi has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Culp had 9 more articles in the media than Unifi. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Culp and 2 mentions for Unifi. Unifi's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Culp's score of 0.34 indicating that Unifi is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Culp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Unifi. Culp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Unifi, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Culp received 29 more outperform votes than Unifi when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.69% of users gave Unifi an outperform vote while only 52.23% of users gave Culp an outperform vote.
Summary
Culp beats Unifi on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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