CIX vs. JBI, JELD, LEGH, CPAC, SMID, VATE, CSTE, ACU, BW, and RECT
Should you be buying CompX International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CompX International include Janus International Group (JBI), JELD-WEN (JELD), Legacy Housing (LEGH), Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. (CPAC), Smith-Midland (SMID), INNOVATE (VATE), Caesarstone (CSTE), Acme United (ACU), Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW), and Rectitude (RECT). These companies are all part of the "construction materials" industry.
CompX International vs.
Janus International Group (NYSE:JBI) and CompX International (NYSE:CIX) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.
Janus International Group currently has a consensus price target of $10.25, indicating a potential upside of 31.66%. Given Janus International Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Janus International Group is more favorable than CompX International.
In the previous week, Janus International Group had 4 more articles in the media than CompX International. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Janus International Group and 1 mentions for CompX International. Janus International Group's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat CompX International's score of 0.25 indicating that Janus International Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Janus International Group has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CompX International has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Janus International Group has higher revenue and earnings than CompX International. Janus International Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CompX International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CompX International has a net margin of 12.48% compared to Janus International Group's net margin of 10.62%. Janus International Group's return on equity of 21.10% beat CompX International's return on equity.
88.8% of Janus International Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.5% of CompX International shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of Janus International Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of CompX International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Janus International Group received 1 more outperform votes than CompX International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave CompX International an outperform vote while only 44.74% of users gave Janus International Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Janus International Group beats CompX International on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CIX) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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