RECT vs. SMID, ACU, CSTE, EVA, TPCS, MTEN, NWGL, VSTE, ZKIN, and HIHO
Should you be buying Rectitude stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rectitude include Smith-Midland (SMID), Acme United (ACU), Caesarstone (CSTE), Enviva (EVA), TechPrecision (TPCS), Mingteng International (MTEN), Nature Wood Group (NWGL), Vast Renewables (VSTE), ZK International Group (ZKIN), and Highway (HIHO). These companies are all part of the "construction materials" industry.
Smith-Midland (NASDAQ:SMID) and Rectitude (NASDAQ:RECT) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Smith-Midland had 2 more articles in the media than Rectitude. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Smith-Midland and 0 mentions for Rectitude. Smith-Midland's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Rectitude's score of 0.00 indicating that Smith-Midland is being referred to more favorably in the media.
49.9% of Smith-Midland shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of Smith-Midland shares are owned 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.
Smith-Midland and Rectitude both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.
Smith-Midland has higher revenue and earnings than Rectitude.
Smith-Midland has a net margin of 6.76% compared to Rectitude's net margin of 0.00%. Smith-Midland's return on equity of 13.17% beat Rectitude's return on equity.
Summary
Smith-Midland beats Rectitude on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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