TWI vs. IIIN, MYE, OFLX, KRT, ITRN, ASTE, EBF, ERII, KRNT, and XMTR
Should you be buying Titan International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Titan International include Insteel Industries (IIIN), Myers Industries (MYE), Omega Flex (OFLX), Karat Packaging (KRT), Ituran Location and Control (ITRN), Astec Industries (ASTE), Ennis (EBF), Energy Recovery (ERII), Kornit Digital (KRNT), and Xometry (XMTR). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Insteel Industries (NASDAQ:IIIN) and Titan International (NYSE:TWI) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Titan International had 4 more articles in the media than Insteel Industries. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Titan International and 2 mentions for Insteel Industries. Titan International's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Insteel Industries' score of -0.30 indicating that Insteel Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Titan International has higher revenue and earnings than Insteel Industries. Titan International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Insteel Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insteel Industries has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Titan International has a beta of 2.09, suggesting that its share price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Titan International received 128 more outperform votes than Insteel Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.41% of users gave Titan International an outperform vote while only 62.01% of users gave Insteel Industries an outperform vote.
Insteel Industries has a net margin of 4.24% compared to Insteel Industries' net margin of 3.20%. Insteel Industries' return on equity of 17.27% beat Titan International's return on equity.
83.3% of Insteel Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Titan International shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of Insteel Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.5% of Titan International shares are owned 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.
Summary
Titan International beats Insteel Industries on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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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