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$12.02 -0.10 (-0.78%)
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FORD vs. NEWH, YHGJ, NCL, AZEK, NWL, SWIM, KRT, LWLG, DSWL, and JRSH

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

Forward Industries vs. Its Competitors

Forward Industries (NASDAQ:FORD) and NewHydrogen (NASDAQ:NEWH) are both small-cap rubber and plastic products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.

NewHydrogen has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Forward Industries' net margin of -11.56%. Forward Industries' return on equity of -1,557.80% beat NewHydrogen's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Forward Industries-11.56% -1,557.80% -24.86%
NewHydrogen N/A -11,574.14%-57.49%

Forward Industries has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NewHydrogen has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Forward Industries had 2 more articles in the media than NewHydrogen. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Forward Industries and 0 mentions for NewHydrogen. Forward Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat NewHydrogen's score of 0.00 indicating that Forward Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Forward Industries Neutral
NewHydrogen Neutral

Forward Industries has higher revenue and earnings than NewHydrogen.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Forward Industries$30.19M0.45-$1.95MN/AN/A
NewHydrogenN/AN/A-$3.18MN/AN/A

0.0% of NewHydrogen shares are held by institutional investors. 6.7% of Forward Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 26.8% of NewHydrogen 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.

Summary

Forward Industries beats NewHydrogen on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FORD and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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FORD vs. The Competition

MetricForward IndustriesTEXTILE IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$13.64M$11.62B$8.10B$9.51B
Dividend YieldN/A3.22%3.25%4.09%
P/E RatioN/A12.6918.9123.80
Price / Sales0.451.044.2566.58
Price / CashN/A12.4516.2557.96
Price / Book17.164.194.785.55
Net Income-$1.95M$600.99M$218.39M$259.03M
7 Day Performance19.43%-5.10%-4.70%-4.59%
1 Month Performance73.38%-1.23%38.38%4.46%
1 Year Performance158.39%3.26%19.84%18.03%

Forward Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FORD
Forward Industries
0.7851 of 5 stars
$12.02
-0.8%
N/A+203.4%$13.64M$30.19M0.00100
NEWH
NewHydrogen
N/A$0.04
-0.9%
N/A+737.5%$31.55MN/A0.002Gap Up
YHGJ
Yunhong Green CTI
N/A$0.69
-4.2%
N/A-24.1%$18.75M$17.95M-11.4270High Trading Volume
NCL
Northann
0.1881 of 5 stars
$0.18
-4.4%
N/A-30.9%$18.46M$14.19M-0.9273Short Interest ↑
AZEK
AZEK
0.9328 of 5 stars
$54.35
flat
$53.93
-0.8%
N/A$7.82B$1.52B53.282,180Upcoming Earnings
NWL
Newell Brands
4.5705 of 5 stars
$6.17
-1.6%
$7.94
+28.8%
-43.0%$2.62B$7.58B-10.4623,700Trending News
Earnings Report
Gap Down
SWIM
Latham Group
1.3536 of 5 stars
$6.84
-0.6%
$7.56
+10.5%
+90.9%$800.61M$508.52M-48.851,817Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
KRT
Karat Packaging
3.4984 of 5 stars
$28.20
flat
$33.50
+18.8%
-8.0%$566.16M$422.63M18.80680Upcoming Earnings
LWLG
Lightwave Logic
0.0502 of 5 stars
$2.63
-0.4%
N/A-34.2%$330.11M$88.11K-14.6120News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
DSWL
Deswell Industries
1 of 5 stars
$2.99
-3.2%
N/A+18.8%$49.21M$67.61M0.00990Short Interest ↑
JRSH
Jerash Holdings (US)
2.0927 of 5 stars
$3.40
-1.7%
$4.00
+17.6%
+7.5%$43.94M$145.81M-48.566,000Positive News
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:FORD) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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