SMID vs. JELD, LEGH, CPAC, CIX, CSTE, BW, ACU, RECT, VATE, and MTEN
Should you be buying Smith-Midland stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Smith-Midland include JELD-WEN (JELD), Legacy Housing (LEGH), Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. (CPAC), CompX International (CIX), Caesarstone (CSTE), Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW), Acme United (ACU), Rectitude (RECT), INNOVATE (VATE), and Mingteng International (MTEN). These companies are all part of the "construction materials" industry.
Smith-Midland vs.
Smith-Midland (NASDAQ:SMID) and JELD-WEN (NYSE:JELD) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and community ranking.
49.9% of Smith-Midland shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of JELD-WEN shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Smith-Midland shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of JELD-WEN shares are held 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.
JELD-WEN has a consensus target price of $12.75, indicating a potential upside of 34.42%. Given JELD-WEN's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe JELD-WEN is more favorable than Smith-Midland.
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.
In the previous week, JELD-WEN had 11 more articles in the media than Smith-Midland. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for JELD-WEN and 0 mentions for Smith-Midland. JELD-WEN's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Smith-Midland's score of -0.55 indicating that JELD-WEN is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
JELD-WEN received 313 more outperform votes than Smith-Midland when rated by MarketBeat users.
Smith-Midland has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JELD-WEN has a beta of 2.16, indicating that its share price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
JELD-WEN beats Smith-Midland on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SMID) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
