RECT vs. SMID, VATE, ACU, CSTE, BW, MTEN, TPCS, NWGL, VSTE, and ZKIN
Should you be buying Rectitude stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rectitude include Smith-Midland (SMID), INNOVATE (VATE), Acme United (ACU), Caesarstone (CSTE), Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW), Mingteng International (MTEN), TechPrecision (TPCS), Nature Wood Group (NWGL), Vast Renewables (VSTE), and ZK International Group (ZKIN). These companies are all part of the "construction materials" industry.
Rectitude vs.
Rectitude (NASDAQ:RECT) and Smith-Midland (NASDAQ:SMID) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings and media sentiment.
49.9% of Smith-Midland shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of Smith-Midland shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Rectitude had 5 more articles in the media than Smith-Midland. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Rectitude and 0 mentions for Smith-Midland. Rectitude's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Smith-Midland'saverage media sentiment score.
Rectitude has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Smith-Midland.
Smith-Midland has a net margin of 8.52% compared to Rectitude's net margin of 0.00%. Smith-Midland's return on equity of 17.71% beat Rectitude's return on equity.
Rectitude and Smith-Midland both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Smith-Midland beats Rectitude on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:RECT) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
