BWEN vs. ACNT, HUHU, OCC, APWC, INHD, AQMS, HWM, TS, MT, and PKX
Should you be buying Broadwind stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Broadwind include Ascent Industries (ACNT), HUHUTECH International Group (HUHU), Optical Cable (OCC), Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC), Inno (INHD), Aqua Metals (AQMS), Howmet Aerospace (HWM), Tenaris (TS), ArcelorMittal (MT), and POSCO (PKX). These companies are all part of the "steel works" industry.
Broadwind vs.
Broadwind (NASDAQ:BWEN) and Ascent Industries (NASDAQ:ACNT) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and valuation.
Broadwind has higher revenue and 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.
In the previous week, Ascent Industries had 1 more articles in the media than Broadwind. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ascent Industries and 1 mentions for Broadwind. Ascent Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Broadwind's score of 0.50 indicating that Ascent Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Broadwind has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ascent Industries has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Broadwind currently has a consensus price target of $5.17, indicating a potential upside of 154.52%. Given Broadwind's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Broadwind is more favorable than Ascent Industries.
Broadwind received 205 more outperform votes than Ascent Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Ascent Industries an outperform vote while only 60.95% of users gave Broadwind an outperform vote.
33.3% of Broadwind shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.1% of Ascent Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Broadwind shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.9% of Ascent Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Summary
Broadwind beats Ascent Industries on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BWEN) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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