Smith-Midland (SMID) Competitors

JELD-WEN (NYSE:JELD) and Smith-Midland (NASDAQ:SMID) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, JELD or SMID?

JELD-WEN has higher revenue and earnings than Smith-Midland. JELD-WEN is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Smith-Midland, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
JELD-WEN	$4.30B	0.20	$62.44M	-$1.83	-5.61
Smith-Midland	$59.58M	3.70	$800K	$1.21	34.36

Which has more volatility & risk, JELD or SMID?

JELD-WEN has a beta of 2.25, indicating that its share price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Smith-Midland has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor JELD or SMID?

JELD-WEN received 313 more outperform votes than Smith-Midland when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JELD-WEN	Outperform Votes 313 55.01%	Underperform Votes 256 44.99%
Smith-Midland	N/A	N/A

Do analysts prefer JELD or SMID?

JELD-WEN currently has a consensus target price of $14.56, indicating a potential upside of 41.73%. Given JELD-WEN's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe JELD-WEN is more favorable than Smith-Midland.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JELD-WEN	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Smith-Midland	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor JELD or SMID?

In the previous week, JELD-WEN had 1 more articles in the media than Smith-Midland. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for JELD-WEN and 2 mentions for Smith-Midland. Smith-Midland's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat JELD-WEN's score of 0.40 indicating that Smith-Midland is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
JELD-WEN	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Smith-Midland	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of JELD or SMID?

95.0% of JELD-WEN shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.9% of Smith-Midland shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of JELD-WEN shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Smith-Midland shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is JELD or SMID more profitable?

Smith-Midland has a net margin of 8.52% compared to JELD-WEN's net margin of -3.98%. Smith-Midland's return on equity of 17.71% beat JELD-WEN's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JELD-WEN	-3.98%	12.32%	3.34%
Smith-Midland	8.52%	17.71%	10.13%

Summary

JELD-WEN beats Smith-Midland on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.