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$1.65 +0.08 (+5.10%)
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BWEN vs. ACNT, LUD, HUHU, APWC, INHD, OCC, AQMS, HWM, MT, and TS

Should you be buying Broadwind stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Broadwind include Ascent Industries (ACNT), Luda Technology Group (LUD), HUHUTECH International Group (HUHU), Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC), Inno (INHD), Optical Cable (OCC), Aqua Metals (AQMS), Howmet Aerospace (HWM), ArcelorMittal (MT), and Tenaris (TS). These companies are all part of the "steel works" industry.

Broadwind vs.

Ascent Industries (NASDAQ:ACNT) and Broadwind (NASDAQ:BWEN) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Broadwind received 207 more outperform votes than Ascent Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Ascent Industries an outperform vote while only 61.00% of users gave Broadwind an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Ascent IndustriesOutperform Votes
1
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
BroadwindOutperform Votes
208
61.00%
Underperform Votes
133
39.00%

In the previous week, Ascent Industries had 1 more articles in the media than Broadwind. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Ascent Industries and 0 mentions for Broadwind. Broadwind's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Ascent Industries' score of 0.44 indicating that Broadwind is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Ascent Industries Neutral
Broadwind Positive

Broadwind has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ascent Industries. Ascent Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Broadwind, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ascent Industries$177.87M0.72-$26.63M-$1.34-9.52
Broadwind$143.14M0.26$7.65M$0.0533.00

Broadwind has a consensus target price of $4.13, indicating a potential upside of 150.00%. Given Broadwind's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Broadwind is more favorable than Ascent Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ascent Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Broadwind
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

26.0% of Ascent Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.3% of Broadwind shares are held by institutional investors. 12.9% of Ascent Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Broadwind shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Broadwind has a net margin of 2.01% compared to Ascent Industries' net margin of -0.80%. Broadwind's return on equity of 5.39% beat Ascent Industries' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ascent Industries-0.80% -12.48% -8.01%
Broadwind 2.01%5.39%2.48%

Ascent Industries has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Broadwind has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Broadwind beats Ascent Industries on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BWEN vs. The Competition

MetricBroadwindNonferrous foundries (castings) IndustryIndustrials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$36.83M$187.82M$6.56B$7.36B
Dividend YieldN/A4.87%3.60%4.32%
P/E Ratio11.794.8920.3517.68
Price / Sales0.261.5373.7492.88
Price / Cash2.325.0526.9234.64
Price / Book0.631.093.553.94
Net Income$7.65M-$16.77M$797.55M$247.45M
7 Day Performance2.48%14.19%1.87%0.48%
1 Month Performance11.49%0.30%-3.98%-7.08%
1 Year Performance-28.26%-26.10%9.75%-0.35%

Broadwind Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BWEN
Broadwind
3.9007 of 5 stars
$1.65
+5.1%
$4.13
+150.0%
-30.5%$36.83M$143.14M11.79490Gap Down
ACNT
Ascent Industries
0.6504 of 5 stars
$12.79
+0.7%
N/A+21.8%$128.91M$177.87M-75.24710Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
LUD
Luda Technology Group
N/A$3.99
+0.5%
N/AN/A$89.78M$51.26M0.00161
HUHU
HUHUTECH International Group
N/A$4.05
-5.2%
N/AN/A$85.25M$17.49M0.00N/ALockup Expiration
News Coverage
Gap Down
APWC
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable
1.1754 of 5 stars
$1.48
+1.1%
N/A+16.9%$30.43M$468.13M0.001,190Short Interest ↓
INHD
Inno
0.4204 of 5 stars
$5.45
+0.9%
N/A-2.1%$24.04M$916,878.000.0011Positive News
OCC
Optical Cable
1.2064 of 5 stars
$2.60
+1.6%
N/A+3.6%$21.32M$67.56M-4.81340Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
AQMS
Aqua Metals
2.215 of 5 stars
$1.65
+0.6%
$21.50
+1,203.0%
-85.2%$11.77M$30,000.00-0.3520News Coverage
HWM
Howmet Aerospace
3.7908 of 5 stars
$115.74
+3.0%
$123.28
+6.5%
+96.0%$46.88B$7.43B41.0421,400Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Positive News
High Trading Volume
MT
ArcelorMittal
3.9953 of 5 stars
$24.33
-1.7%
$32.43
+33.3%
-0.1%$19.93B$62.44B14.75157,900Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
TS
Tenaris
4.0787 of 5 stars
$32.18
-3.0%
$46.00
+42.9%
-16.1%$18.71B$12.52B8.9229,134Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:BWEN) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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