CRCT vs. WHD, JBTM, HAYW, ATS, EPAC, HSAI, AZTA, SEI, DNOW, and ACMR
Should you be buying Cricut stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cricut include Cactus (WHD), JBT Marel (JBTM), Hayward (HAYW), ATS (ATS), Enerpac Tool Group (EPAC), Hesai Group (HSAI), Azenta (AZTA), Solaris Energy Infrastructure (SEI), DNOW (DNOW), and ACM Research (ACMR). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.
Cricut vs.
Cricut (NASDAQ:CRCT) and Cactus (NYSE:WHD) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
Cactus has higher revenue and earnings than Cricut. Cactus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cricut, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cactus received 344 more outperform votes than Cricut when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.63% of users gave Cactus an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Cricut an outperform vote.
Cactus has a net margin of 16.57% compared to Cricut's net margin of 8.47%. Cactus' return on equity of 20.24% beat Cricut's return on equity.
19.6% of Cricut shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.1% of Cactus shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.0% of Cricut shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of Cactus shares are owned by company 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.
Cricut pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Cactus pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Cricut pays out 71.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cactus pays out 18.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Cricut presently has a consensus target price of $5.25, suggesting a potential downside of 12.35%. Cactus has a consensus target price of $56.40, suggesting a potential downside of 3.21%. Given Cactus' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cactus is more favorable than Cricut.
In the previous week, Cactus had 4 more articles in the media than Cricut. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Cactus and 2 mentions for Cricut. Cactus' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Cricut's score of 0.00 indicating that Cactus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cricut has a beta of -0.02, meaning that its stock price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cactus has a beta of 1.97, meaning that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Cactus beats Cricut on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CRCT) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
