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Latham Group (SWIM) Competitors

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$6.20 +0.33 (+5.62%)
(As of 01:30 PM 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.

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

84.0% of Latham Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.2% of Karat Packaging shares are held by institutional investors. 8.6% of Latham Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 66.1% of Karat Packaging shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Latham Group received 17 more outperform votes than Karat Packaging when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.29% of users gave Karat Packaging an outperform vote while only 38.71% of users gave Latham Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Latham GroupOutperform Votes
36
38.71%
Underperform Votes
57
61.29%
Karat PackagingOutperform Votes
19
61.29%
Underperform Votes
12
38.71%

Karat Packaging has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Latham Group$566.49M1.27-$2.39M$0.0968.90
Karat Packaging$405.65M1.44$32.47M$1.4020.91

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

Karat Packaging has a net margin of 6.78% compared to Latham Group's net margin of 2.23%. Karat Packaging's return on equity of 19.84% beat Latham Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Latham Group2.23% 2.83% 1.37%
Karat Packaging 6.78%19.84%11.01%

In the previous week, Latham Group had 5 more articles in the media than Karat Packaging. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Latham Group and 4 mentions for Karat Packaging. Latham Group's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Karat Packaging's score of 0.70 indicating that Latham Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Latham Group presently has a consensus price target of $5.62, indicating a potential downside of 9.35%. Karat Packaging has a consensus price target of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.49%. Given Karat Packaging's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Karat Packaging is more favorable than Latham Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Latham Group
2 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Karat Packaging
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Summary

Karat Packaging beats Latham Group on 10 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$716.84M$4.19B$10.02B$8.81B
Dividend YieldN/A3.07%1.82%4.07%
P/E Ratio68.9024.3327.5214.18
Price / Sales1.271.783.4888.10
Price / Cash16.4612.4521.4636.27
Price / Book1.723.314.996.35
Net Income-$2.39M$76.13M$515.90M$225.71M
7 Day Performance5.98%1.82%0.91%-0.32%
1 Month Performance-10.53%3.30%1.75%1.76%
1 Year Performance155.14%16.47%48.57%27.70%

Latham Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SWIM
Latham Group
1.2891 of 5 stars
$6.20
+5.6%
$5.62
-9.4%
+126.6%$716.84M$566.49M68.901,760
KRT
Karat Packaging
2.7209 of 5 stars
$29.27
+2.5%
$30.00
+2.5%
+32.8%$585.99M$405.65M20.39680
LWLG
Lightwave Logic
0.0058 of 5 stars
$2.95
+6.5%
N/A-39.4%$360.99M$40,000.000.0033
BBCP
Concrete Pumping
2.4185 of 5 stars
$5.88
+2.4%
$7.31
+24.4%
-23.5%$314.76M$442.24M22.691,720
YHGJ
Yunhong Green CTI
N/A$0.69
+1.9%
N/A-77.3%$17.79M$17.80M0.0070
NCL
Northann
N/A$0.28
+2.8%
N/A-97.1%$6.90M$13.97M-1.4273News Coverage
Gap Down
FORD
Forward Industries
0.9328 of 5 stars
$3.80
-2.8%
N/A-47.9%$4.18M$36.69M0.00100Analyst Forecast
NEWH
NewHydrogen
N/A$0.00
+21.4%
N/A-70.5%$2.40MN/A0.002Gap Up
DSWL
Deswell Industries
1.8301 of 5 stars
$2.65
+1.1%
N/A-0.7%$0.00$69.37M0.00921Dividend Announcement
Gap Down
AZEK
AZEK
3.0262 of 5 stars
$49.35
+2.3%
$49.24
-0.2%
+54.3%$7.14B$1.44B46.252,236Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
NWL
Newell Brands
4.4148 of 5 stars
$8.91
+0.8%
$9.10
+2.1%
+17.7%$3.71B$8.13B-14.7324,600Analyst Upgrade

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This page (NASDAQ:SWIM) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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