Culp (CULP) Competitors

Unifi (NYSE:UFI) and Culp (NYSE:CULP) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in UFI or CULP?

67.7% of Unifi shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.1% of Culp shares are held by institutional investors. 17.9% of Unifi shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of Culp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor UFI or CULP?

In the previous week, Culp had 3 more articles in the media than Unifi. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Culp and 1 mentions for Unifi. Unifi's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Culp's score of -0.03 indicating that Unifi is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Unifi	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Culp	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor UFI or CULP?

Culp received 29 more outperform votes than Unifi when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.69% of users gave Unifi an outperform vote while only 49.89% of users gave Culp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Unifi	Outperform Votes 205 62.69%	Underperform Votes 122 37.31%
Culp	Outperform Votes 234 49.89%	Underperform Votes 235 50.11%

Which has more volatility and risk, UFI or CULP?

Unifi has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Culp has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, UFI or CULP?

Culp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Unifi. Culp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Unifi, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Unifi	$590.74M	0.18	-$47.40M	-$2.31	-2.49
Culp	$225.21M	0.28	-$13.82M	-$1.42	-3.54

Is UFI or CULP more profitable?

Unifi has a net margin of -7.07% compared to Culp's net margin of -7.88%. Unifi's return on equity of -13.42% beat Culp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Unifi	-7.07%	-13.42%	-7.67%
Culp	-7.88%	-19.51%	-11.08%

Summary

Unifi beats Culp on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.