ARC vs. NL, AVY, MSA, HNI, SCS, PBI, TILE, ACCO, ATXG, and EAF
Should you be buying ARC Document Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ARC Document Solutions include NL Industries (NL), Avery Dennison (AVY), MSA Safety (MSA), HNI (HNI), Steelcase (SCS), Pitney Bowes (PBI), Interface (TILE), ACCO Brands (ACCO), Addentax Group (ATXG), and GrafTech International (EAF).
NL Industries (NYSE:NL) and ARC Document Solutions (NYSE:ARC) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability and dividends.
In the previous week, NL Industries had 5 more articles in the media than ARC Document Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for NL Industries and 2 mentions for ARC Document Solutions. NL Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat ARC Document Solutions' score of 0.23 indicating that ARC Document Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NL Industries has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ARC Document Solutions has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NL Industries currently has a consensus target price of $5.00, suggesting a potential downside of 31.97%. Given ARC Document Solutions' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe NL Industries is more favorable than ARC Document Solutions.
ARC Document Solutions received 60 more outperform votes than NL Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.29% of users gave ARC Document Solutions an outperform vote while only 59.94% of users gave NL Industries an outperform vote.
ARC Document Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than NL Industries. ARC Document Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NL Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NL Industries has a net margin of 7.08% compared to NL Industries' net margin of 3.09%. NL Industries' return on equity of 7.75% beat ARC Document Solutions' return on equity.
NL Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. ARC Document Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. NL Industries pays out 133.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. ARC Document Solutions pays out 100.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NL Industries has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. ARC Document Solutions is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
10.7% of NL Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.9% of ARC Document Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of NL Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.8% of ARC Document Solutions shares are owned 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.
Summary
ARC Document Solutions beats NL Industries on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ARC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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