GLT vs. CHCI, NWGL, EVA, SUGP, TURN, TISI, OESX, SMID, CSTE, and SLND
Should you be buying Glatfelter stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Glatfelter include Comstock Holding Companies (CHCI), Nature Wood Group (NWGL), Enviva (EVA), SU Group (SUGP), 180 Degree Capital (TURN), Team (TISI), Orion Energy Systems (OESX), Smith-Midland (SMID), Caesarstone (CSTE), and Southland (SLND). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Comstock Holding Companies (NASDAQ:CHCI) and Glatfelter (NYSE:GLT) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
Comstock Holding Companies has a net margin of 17.61% compared to Comstock Holding Companies' net margin of -6.88%. Glatfelter's return on equity of 22.60% beat Comstock Holding Companies' return on equity.
Comstock Holding Companies has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Glatfelter has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.
6.5% of Comstock Holding Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.9% of Glatfelter shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.0% of Comstock Holding Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Glatfelter shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Glatfelter received 20 more outperform votes than Comstock Holding Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.18% of users gave Comstock Holding Companies an outperform vote while only 58.79% of users gave Glatfelter an outperform vote.
Comstock Holding Companies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Glatfelter. Glatfelter is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Comstock Holding Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Comstock Holding Companies had 7 more articles in the media than Glatfelter. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Comstock Holding Companies and 1 mentions for Glatfelter. Glatfelter's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Comstock Holding Companies' score of 0.47 indicating that Comstock Holding Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Comstock Holding Companies beats Glatfelter on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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