CSTE vs. LEGH, CPAC, CIX, SMID, BW, ACU, RECT, VATE, MTEN, and TPCS
Should you be buying Caesarstone stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Caesarstone include Legacy Housing (LEGH), Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. (CPAC), CompX International (CIX), Smith-Midland (SMID), Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW), Acme United (ACU), Rectitude (RECT), INNOVATE (VATE), Mingteng International (MTEN), and TechPrecision (TPCS). These companies are all part of the "construction materials" industry.
Caesarstone vs.
Caesarstone (NASDAQ:CSTE) and Legacy Housing (NASDAQ:LEGH) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Legacy Housing has a net margin of 33.11% compared to Caesarstone's net margin of -14.56%. Legacy Housing's return on equity of 11.85% beat Caesarstone's return on equity.
In the previous week, Caesarstone and Caesarstone both had 2 articles in the media. Caesarstone's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Legacy Housing's score of 0.56 indicating that Caesarstone is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Caesarstone has a beta of 0.18, suggesting that its share price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Legacy Housing has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Caesarstone currently has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 39.86%. Legacy Housing has a consensus price target of $30.33, suggesting a potential upside of 18.86%. Given Caesarstone's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Caesarstone is more favorable than Legacy Housing.
Legacy Housing has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Caesarstone. Caesarstone is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Legacy Housing, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
33.7% of Caesarstone shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.3% of Legacy Housing shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.6% of Legacy Housing shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Caesarstone received 291 more outperform votes than Legacy Housing when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.87% of users gave Caesarstone an outperform vote while only 57.76% of users gave Legacy Housing an outperform vote.
Summary
Legacy Housing beats Caesarstone on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CSTE) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
