DNOW vs. APOG, HOLI, CENX, NSSC, KALU, HY, GIC, LNN, CMCO, and XRX Should you be buying DNOW stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DNOW include Apogee Enterprises (APOG), Hollysys Automation Technologies (HOLI), Century Aluminum (CENX), Napco Security Technologies (NSSC), Kaiser Aluminum (KALU), Hyster-Yale Materials Handling (HY), Global Industrial (GIC), Lindsay (LNN), Columbus McKinnon (CMCO), and Xerox (XRX). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
DNOW (NYSE:DNOW ) and Apogee Enterprises (NASDAQ:APOG ) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
DNOW received 8 more outperform votes than Apogee Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.49% of users gave Apogee Enterprises an outperform vote while only 52.68% of users gave DNOW an outperform vote.
In the previous week, DNOW had 2 more articles in the media than Apogee Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for DNOW and 3 mentions for Apogee Enterprises. Apogee Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat DNOW's score of 0.17 indicating that Apogee Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
DNOW has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apogee Enterprises has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
97.6% of DNOW shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.1% of Apogee Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of DNOW shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Apogee Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
DNOW has higher revenue and earnings than Apogee Enterprises. DNOW is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Apogee Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
DNOW presently has a consensus price target of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 18.19%. Apogee Enterprises has a consensus price target of $50.00, indicating a potential downside of 24.24%. Given DNOW's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe DNOW is more favorable than Apogee Enterprises.
DNOW has a net margin of 10.30% compared to Apogee Enterprises' net margin of 7.03%. Apogee Enterprises' return on equity of 23.84% beat DNOW's return on equity.
Summary DNOW beats Apogee Enterprises on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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