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Forward Industries (FORD) Competitors

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$4.49 +0.08 (+1.81%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET)

FORD vs. YHGJ, NCL, NEWH, AZEK, NWL, SWIM, KRT, LWLG, DSWL, and ENTG

Should you be buying Forward Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Forward Industries include Yunhong Green CTI (YHGJ), Northann (NCL), NewHydrogen (NEWH), AZEK (AZEK), Newell Brands (NWL), Latham Group (SWIM), Karat Packaging (KRT), Lightwave Logic (LWLG), Deswell Industries (DSWL), and Entegris (ENTG).

Forward Industries vs.

Yunhong Green CTI (NASDAQ:YHGJ) and Forward Industries (NASDAQ:FORD) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.

Yunhong Green CTI has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Forward Industries.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Yunhong Green CTI$18.56M0.65-$230K-$0.08-5.88
Forward Industries$31.36M0.16-$3.74MN/AN/A

Yunhong Green CTI has a net margin of -9.15% compared to Forward Industries' net margin of -10.22%. Yunhong Green CTI's return on equity of -25.80% beat Forward Industries' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Yunhong Green CTI-9.15% -25.80% -8.91%
Forward Industries -10.22%-52.85%-6.67%

2.0% of Yunhong Green CTI shares are held by institutional investors. 48.0% of Yunhong Green CTI shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.4% of Forward Industries shares are held 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.

Yunhong Green CTI has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Forward Industries has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Forward Industries had 2 more articles in the media than Yunhong Green CTI. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Forward Industries and 0 mentions for Yunhong Green CTI. Yunhong Green CTI's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Forward Industries'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Yunhong Green CTI Neutral
Forward Industries Neutral

Forward Industries received 77 more outperform votes than Yunhong Green CTI when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Yunhong Green CTIN/AN/A
Forward IndustriesOutperform Votes
77
28.41%
Underperform Votes
194
71.59%

Summary

Yunhong Green CTI beats Forward Industries on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FORD vs. The Competition

MetricForward IndustriesPlastics products IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.94M$3.74B$8.38B$9.08B
Dividend YieldN/A3.10%2.84%4.23%
P/E RatioN/A24.6518.3317.17
Price / Sales0.161.6715.50117.03
Price / Cash9.4513.2033.4537.86
Price / Book1.733.375.564.78
Net Income-$3.74M$75.99M$267.23M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-1.10%-6.34%-1.89%-1.23%
1 Month Performance17.23%-2.71%-0.91%0.46%
1 Year Performance-40.92%6.45%10.15%15.25%

Forward Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FORD
Forward Industries
0.5245 of 5 stars
$4.49
+1.8%
N/A-38.3%$4.94M$31.36M0.00100
YHGJ
Yunhong Green CTI
N/A$0.61
+3.3%
N/A-78.2%$15.75M$17.80M-7.3870Gap Down
NCL
Northann
N/A$0.30
0.0%
N/A-85.9%$10.36M$15.58M-1.5173News Coverage
Gap Down
NEWH
NewHydrogen
N/A$0.00
-8.8%
N/A-43.8%$2.18MN/A0.002
AZEK
AZEK
3.0006 of 5 stars
$53.50
0.0%
$52.67
-1.6%
+27.8%$7.65B$1.44B51.452,236Insider Trade
NWL
Newell Brands
4.5237 of 5 stars
$10.93
-0.7%
$10.00
-8.5%
+15.3%$4.55B$7.71B-18.3524,600Positive News
SWIM
Latham Group
0.9993 of 5 stars
$7.54
+0.1%
$6.65
-11.8%
+159.4%$871.78M$566.49M83.681,760
KRT
Karat Packaging
2.1435 of 5 stars
$32.76
+1.0%
$32.00
-2.3%
+25.9%$655.99M$416.57M23.17680Positive News
LWLG
Lightwave Logic
0.0118 of 5 stars
$2.20
+10.3%
N/A-62.7%$268.61M$113,190.00-12.3333News Coverage
DSWL
Deswell Industries
0.6072 of 5 stars
$2.42
-0.4%
N/A-3.5%$38.58M$66.81M0.00921
ENTG
Entegris
4.909 of 5 stars
$107.42
+0.7%
$135.40
+26.0%
-16.9%$16.22B$3.52B70.648,000Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:FORD) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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