CSW Industrials (CSWI) Competitors

H.B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL) and CSW Industrials (NASDAQ:CSWI) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and dividends.

Which has more risk and volatility, FUL or CSWI?

H.B. Fuller has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CSW Industrials has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FUL or CSWI?

H.B. Fuller received 71 more outperform votes than CSW Industrials when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.64% of users gave CSW Industrials an outperform vote while only 56.03% of users gave H.B. Fuller an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
H.B. Fuller	Outperform Votes 316 56.03%	Underperform Votes 248 43.97%
CSW Industrials	Outperform Votes 245 63.64%	Underperform Votes 140 36.36%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in FUL or CSWI?

95.9% of H.B. Fuller shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of CSW Industrials shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of H.B. Fuller shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of CSW Industrials shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is FUL or CSWI a better dividend stock?

H.B. Fuller pays an annual dividend of $0.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. CSW Industrials pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. H.B. Fuller pays out 27.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CSW Industrials pays out 13.0% 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. H.B. Fuller has increased its dividend for 56 consecutive years. H.B. Fuller is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, FUL or CSWI?

H.B. Fuller has higher revenue and earnings than CSW Industrials. H.B. Fuller is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CSW Industrials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
H.B. Fuller	$3.55B	1.15	$144.91M	$3.24	23.01
CSW Industrials	$792.84M	8.74	$101.65M	$7.36	55.98

Is FUL or CSWI more profitable?

CSW Industrials has a net margin of 13.77% compared to H.B. Fuller's net margin of 5.15%. CSW Industrials' return on equity of 17.07% beat H.B. Fuller's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
H.B. Fuller	5.15%	13.39%	4.97%
CSW Industrials	13.77%	17.07%	11.08%

Do analysts rate FUL or CSWI?

H.B. Fuller presently has a consensus price target of $97.67, suggesting a potential upside of 30.99%. Given H.B. Fuller's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe H.B. Fuller is more favorable than CSW Industrials.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
H.B. Fuller	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
CSW Industrials	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media refer more to FUL or CSWI?

In the previous week, CSW Industrials had 9 more articles in the media than H.B. Fuller. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for CSW Industrials and 2 mentions for H.B. Fuller. CSW Industrials' average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat H.B. Fuller's score of 0.00 indicating that CSW Industrials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
H.B. Fuller	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
CSW Industrials	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

H.B. Fuller beats CSW Industrials on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.