CSTE vs. CIX, SMID, ACU, VATE, RECT, MTEN, TPCS, VSTE, NWGL, and RETO
Should you be buying Caesarstone stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Caesarstone include CompX International (CIX), Smith-Midland (SMID), Acme United (ACU), INNOVATE (VATE), Rectitude (RECT), Mingteng International (MTEN), TechPrecision (TPCS), Vast Renewables (VSTE), Nature Wood Group (NWGL), and ReTo Eco-Solutions (RETO). These companies are all part of the "construction materials" industry.
Caesarstone vs.
Caesarstone (NASDAQ:CSTE) and CompX International (NYSE:CIX) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Caesarstone received 367 more outperform votes than CompX International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave CompX International an outperform vote while only 65.92% of users gave Caesarstone an outperform vote.
CompX International has a net margin of 12.48% compared to Caesarstone's net margin of -14.56%. CompX International's return on equity of 11.51% beat Caesarstone's return on equity.
Caesarstone currently has a consensus price target of $5.50, indicating a potential upside of 43.60%. Given Caesarstone's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Caesarstone is more favorable than CompX International.
In the previous week, CompX International had 1 more articles in the media than Caesarstone. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for CompX International and 2 mentions for Caesarstone. CompX International's average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat Caesarstone's score of -1.00 indicating that CompX International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Caesarstone pays an annual dividend of $0.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. CompX International pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Caesarstone pays out -9.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CompX International pays out 78.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Caesarstone is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Caesarstone has a beta of 0.14, indicating that its share price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CompX International has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
33.7% of Caesarstone shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.5% of CompX International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of CompX International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
CompX International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Caesarstone. Caesarstone is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CompX International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
CompX International beats Caesarstone on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CSTE) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
