ACU vs. CPAC, CIX, SMID, CSTE, VATE, BW, RECT, MTEN, TPCS, and ZKIN
Should you be buying Acme United stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Acme United include Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. (CPAC), CompX International (CIX), Smith-Midland (SMID), Caesarstone (CSTE), INNOVATE (VATE), Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW), Rectitude (RECT), Mingteng International (MTEN), TechPrecision (TPCS), and ZK International Group (ZKIN). These companies are all part of the "construction materials" industry.
Acme United vs.
Acme United (NYSE:ACU) and Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. (NYSE:CPAC) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. received 152 more outperform votes than Acme United when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.00% of users gave Acme United an outperform vote while only 57.40% of users gave Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. an outperform vote.
Acme United has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.10%. Given Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.'s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. is more favorable than Acme United.
62.1% of Acme United shares are held by institutional investors. 34.1% of Acme United shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Acme United pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Acme United pays out 12.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. pays out 87.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Acme United has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. had 4 more articles in the media than Acme United. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. and 0 mentions for Acme United. Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.'s average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Acme United's score of 0.00 indicating that Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. has higher revenue and earnings than Acme United. Acme United is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Acme United has a net margin of 10.25% compared to Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.'s net margin of 9.41%. Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.'s return on equity of 17.48% beat Acme United's return on equity.
Summary
Acme United beats Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ACU) was last updated on 2/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
