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Latham Group (SWIM) Competitors

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$6.47
-0.03 (-0.46%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

SWIM vs. KRT, LWLG, BBCP, YHGJ, NCL, FORD, NEWH, DSWL, AZEK, and NWL

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

Latham Group vs.

Karat Packaging (NASDAQ:KRT) and Latham Group (NASDAQ:SWIM) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.

25.2% of Karat Packaging shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of Latham Group shares are held by institutional investors. 66.1% of Karat Packaging shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of Latham Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Karat Packaging presently has a consensus price target of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.49%. Latham Group has a consensus price target of $5.28, indicating a potential downside of 18.47%. Given Karat Packaging's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Karat Packaging is more favorable than Latham Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Karat Packaging
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Latham Group
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

In the previous week, Latham Group had 5 more articles in the media than Karat Packaging. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Latham Group and 1 mentions for Karat Packaging. Latham Group's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Karat Packaging's score of 0.00 indicating that Latham Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Karat Packaging
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Latham Group
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Karat Packaging has a net margin of 6.90% compared to Latham Group's net margin of 2.24%. Karat Packaging's return on equity of 19.79% beat Latham Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Karat Packaging6.90% 19.79% 11.25%
Latham Group 2.24%2.93%1.40%

Karat Packaging has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Latham Group. Karat Packaging is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Latham Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Karat Packaging$405.65M1.32$32.47M$1.4019.05
Latham Group$566.49M1.32-$2.39M$0.0971.89

Latham Group received 16 more outperform votes than Karat Packaging when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.29% of users gave Karat Packaging an outperform vote while only 38.46% of users gave Latham Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Karat PackagingOutperform Votes
19
61.29%
Underperform Votes
12
38.71%
Latham GroupOutperform Votes
35
38.46%
Underperform Votes
56
61.54%

Karat Packaging has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Latham Group has a beta of 1.88, indicating that its share price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Karat Packaging and Latham Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SWIM vs. The Competition

MetricLatham GroupPlastics products IndustryConstruction SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$747.80M$4.12B$9.41B$8.53B
Dividend YieldN/A3.04%1.82%4.14%
P/E Ratio71.8923.8929.2515.07
Price / Sales1.321.722.4393.55
Price / Cash18.6112.4720.2734.04
Price / Book1.863.095.205.01
Net Income-$2.39M$76.13M$508.62M$225.46M
7 Day Performance-0.77%2.62%0.02%0.37%
1 Month Performance-2.56%9.74%-0.29%3.57%
1 Year Performance161.94%21.23%49.15%29.42%

Latham Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SWIM
Latham Group
1.5693 of 5 stars
$6.47
-0.5%
$5.28
-18.5%
+192.8%$747.80M$566.49M71.891,760Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
KRT
Karat Packaging
3.1402 of 5 stars
$26.67
-0.1%
$30.00
+12.5%
+27.3%$533.67M$405.65M19.05680Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
LWLG
Lightwave Logic
0.0118 of 5 stars
$3.16
+0.3%
N/A-30.7%$381.46M$90,274.00-17.5533News Coverage
BBCP
Concrete Pumping
3.1154 of 5 stars
$5.70
+2.7%
$7.31
+28.3%
-20.1%$305.12M$442.24M21.921,720
YHGJ
Yunhong Green CTI
N/A$0.69
-2.8%
N/A-75.1%$17.71M$17.94M-8.5670Upcoming Earnings
NCL
Northann
N/A$0.22
+15.5%
N/A-98.1%$5.43M$15.18M-0.6173Gap Up
High Trading Volume
FORD
Forward Industries
0.3402 of 5 stars
$3.59
+2.0%
N/A-50.1%$3.95M$36.69M0.00100
NEWH
NewHydrogen
N/A$0.00
flat
N/A-56.8%$2.89MN/A0.002News Coverage
DSWL
Deswell Industries
1.0595 of 5 stars
$2.54
flat
N/A+13.9%$0.00$69.37M0.00921Negative News
AZEK
AZEK
3.7575 of 5 stars
$44.16
+0.4%
$48.12
+9.0%
+65.4%$6.39B$1.48B39.082,236
NWL
Newell Brands
3.9739 of 5 stars
$8.79
-0.1%
$8.90
+1.3%
+32.8%$3.66B$8.13B-14.6524,600Earnings Report

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This page (NASDAQ:SWIM) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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