CIX vs. LEGH, CPAC, JELD, ZJK, SMID, ACU, CSTE, VATE, BW, and RECT
Should you be buying CompX International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CompX International include Legacy Housing (LEGH), Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. (CPAC), JELD-WEN (JELD), ZJK Industrial (ZJK), Smith-Midland (SMID), Acme United (ACU), Caesarstone (CSTE), INNOVATE (VATE), Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW), and Rectitude (RECT). These companies are all part of the "construction materials" industry.
CompX International vs.
CompX International (NYSE:CIX) and Legacy Housing (NASDAQ:LEGH) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Legacy Housing has a net margin of 33.11% compared to CompX International's net margin of 12.48%. Legacy Housing's return on equity of 11.85% beat CompX International's return on equity.
CompX International has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Legacy Housing has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
7.5% of CompX International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.3% of Legacy Housing shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of CompX International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 30.6% of Legacy Housing shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Legacy Housing received 77 more outperform votes than CompX International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave CompX International an outperform vote while only 57.76% of users gave Legacy Housing an outperform vote.
Legacy Housing has higher revenue and earnings than CompX International. Legacy Housing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CompX International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, CompX International had 4 more articles in the media than Legacy Housing. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for CompX International and 2 mentions for Legacy Housing. Legacy Housing's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat CompX International's score of 0.25 indicating that Legacy Housing is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Legacy Housing has a consensus price target of $30.33, suggesting a potential upside of 21.53%. Given Legacy Housing's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Legacy Housing is more favorable than CompX International.
Summary
Legacy Housing beats CompX International on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CIX) was last updated on 3/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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