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Forward Industries (FORD) Competitors

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$3.83 -0.08 (-2.05%)
(As of 02:00 PM ET)

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

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

Forward Industries vs.

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

Forward Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Northann.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Northann$13.97M0.49-$7.13M-$0.20-1.42
Forward Industries$36.69M0.11-$3.74MN/AN/A

Forward Industries has a net margin of -10.22% compared to Northann's net margin of -26.58%. Forward Industries' return on equity of -52.85% beat Northann's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Northann-26.58% -553.34% -31.05%
Forward Industries -10.22%-52.85%-6.67%

Forward Industries received 77 more outperform votes than Northann when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NorthannN/AN/A
Forward IndustriesOutperform Votes
77
28.73%
Underperform Votes
191
71.27%

In the previous week, Forward Industries had 1 more articles in the media than Northann. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Forward Industries and 1 mentions for Northann. Northann's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Forward Industries' score of 0.22 indicating that Northann is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Northann
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Forward Industries
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

0.3% of Northann shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.4% of Forward Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Forward Industries beats Northann on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FORD vs. The Competition

MetricForward IndustriesPlastics products IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.18M$4.19B$8.39B$8.81B
Dividend YieldN/A3.07%2.77%4.07%
P/E RatioN/A24.3315.5514.18
Price / Sales0.111.787.7588.10
Price / Cash8.2012.4533.2236.27
Price / Book1.463.313.666.35
Net Income-$3.74M$76.13M$265.65M$225.71M
7 Day Performance-6.86%1.82%-0.81%-0.32%
1 Month Performance4.68%3.30%-1.28%1.76%
1 Year Performance-48.02%16.47%16.26%27.70%

Forward Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FORD
Forward Industries
0.9328 of 5 stars
$3.83
-2.0%
N/A-47.9%$4.21M$36.69M0.00100Analyst Forecast
NCL
Northann
N/A$0.28
+2.6%
N/A-97.1%$6.89M$13.97M-1.4273News Coverage
Gap Down
NEWH
NewHydrogen
N/A$0.00
+17.9%
N/A-70.5%$2.33MN/A0.002Gap Up
High Trading Volume
AFI
Armstrong Flooring
N/AN/AN/AN/A$7.62M$649.90M-0.151,568Gap Down
DSWL
Deswell Industries
1.8301 of 5 stars
$2.65
+1.1%
N/A-0.7%$0.00$69.37M0.00921Dividend Announcement
Gap Down
AZEK
AZEK
3.0262 of 5 stars
$49.38
+2.4%
$49.24
-0.3%
+54.3%$7.15B$1.44B46.252,236Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
NWL
Newell Brands
4.4148 of 5 stars
$8.90
+0.7%
$9.10
+2.2%
+17.7%$3.70B$8.13B-14.7324,600Analyst Upgrade
SWIM
Latham Group
1.2891 of 5 stars
$6.21
+5.8%
$5.62
-9.5%
+126.6%$718M$566.49M68.451,760
KRT
Karat Packaging
2.7209 of 5 stars
$29.38
+2.9%
$30.00
+2.1%
+32.8%$588.19M$405.65M20.39680
LWLG
Lightwave Logic
0.0058 of 5 stars
$2.93
+5.8%
N/A-39.4%$358.54M$40,000.000.0033
YHGJ
Yunhong Green CTI
N/A$0.69
+1.9%
N/A-77.3%$17.79M$17.80M0.0070

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This page (NASDAQ:FORD) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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