CIX vs. LCUT, EML, ACU, TBLT, SNA, SWK, SSD, HLMN, SCSC, and MRC
Should you be buying CompX International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CompX International include Lifetime Brands (LCUT), Eastern (EML), Acme United (ACU), ToughBuilt Industries (TBLT), Snap-on (SNA), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), Hillman Solutions (HLMN), ScanSource (SCSC), and MRC Global (MRC).
CompX International (NYSE:CIX) and Lifetime Brands (NASDAQ:LCUT) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
In the previous week, Lifetime Brands had 3 more articles in the media than CompX International. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Lifetime Brands and 1 mentions for CompX International. Lifetime Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat CompX International's score of 0.00 indicating that Lifetime Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CompX International has a net margin of 12.78% compared to Lifetime Brands' net margin of -0.86%. CompX International's return on equity of 12.14% beat Lifetime Brands' return on equity.
Lifetime Brands has a consensus price target of $12.75, indicating a potential upside of 18.38%. Given Lifetime Brands' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lifetime Brands is more favorable than CompX International.
7.5% of CompX International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.6% of Lifetime Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of CompX International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 43.2% of Lifetime Brands shares are held 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.
CompX International pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Lifetime Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. CompX International pays out 72.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lifetime Brands pays out -63.0% 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.
CompX International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lifetime Brands. Lifetime Brands 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 beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lifetime Brands has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lifetime Brands received 224 more outperform votes than CompX International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave CompX International an outperform vote while only 65.63% of users gave Lifetime Brands an outperform vote.
Summary
Lifetime Brands beats CompX International on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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