ACU vs. EML, LCUT, SCX, CRWS, LEGH, CIX, SMID, CSTE, VATE, and RECT
Should you be buying Acme United stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Acme United include Eastern (EML), Lifetime Brands (LCUT), L.S. Starrett (SCX), Crown Crafts (CRWS), Legacy Housing (LEGH), CompX International (CIX), Smith-Midland (SMID), Caesarstone (CSTE), INNOVATE (VATE), and Rectitude (RECT).
Acme United vs.
Eastern (NASDAQ:EML) and Acme United (NYSE:ACU) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Eastern has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acme United has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Eastern had 9 more articles in the media than Acme United. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Eastern and 0 mentions for Acme United. Eastern's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Acme United's score of 0.00 indicating that Eastern is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Acme United has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Eastern. Eastern is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acme United, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
77.0% of Eastern shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.1% of Acme United shares are held by institutional investors. 17.0% of Eastern shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 34.1% of Acme United 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.
Acme United has a net margin of 10.25% compared to Eastern's net margin of -2.26%. Eastern's return on equity of 10.44% beat Acme United's return on equity.
Eastern pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Acme United pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Eastern pays out -42.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Acme United pays out 12.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Eastern is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Eastern received 173 more outperform votes than Acme United when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.00% of users gave Eastern an outperform vote while only 70.00% of users gave Acme United an outperform vote.
Summary
Eastern beats Acme United on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ACU) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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