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$8.54 -0.28 (-3.17%)
Closing price 03/25/2025 03:56 PM Eastern
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$8.74 +0.20 (+2.34%)
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VATE vs. ZJK, CIX, SMID, ACU, CSTE, BW, RECT, MTEN, TPCS, and NWGL

Should you be buying INNOVATE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of INNOVATE include ZJK Industrial (ZJK), CompX International (CIX), Smith-Midland (SMID), Acme United (ACU), Caesarstone (CSTE), Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW), Rectitude (RECT), Mingteng International (MTEN), TechPrecision (TPCS), and Nature Wood Group (NWGL). These companies are all part of the "construction materials" industry.

INNOVATE vs.

ZJK Industrial (NASDAQ:ZJK) and INNOVATE (NYSE:VATE) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, profitability and risk.

In the previous week, ZJK Industrial had 2 more articles in the media than INNOVATE. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for ZJK Industrial and 4 mentions for INNOVATE. INNOVATE's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat ZJK Industrial's score of 0.29 indicating that INNOVATE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
ZJK Industrial
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
INNOVATE
0 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

ZJK Industrial has a net margin of 0.00% compared to INNOVATE's net margin of -2.22%.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ZJK IndustrialN/A N/A N/A
INNOVATE -2.22%N/A -2.89%

ZJK Industrial and INNOVATE both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ZJK IndustrialN/AN/A
INNOVATEN/AN/A

34.3% of INNOVATE shares are owned by institutional investors. 55.2% of INNOVATE shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

ZJK Industrial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than INNOVATE.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ZJK Industrial$35.89M9.83N/AN/AN/A
INNOVATE$1.23B0.09-$35.20M-$3.58-2.39

Summary

ZJK Industrial and INNOVATE tied by winning 4 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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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VATE vs. The Competition

MetricINNOVATEFabricated structural metal products IndustryMulti-Sector SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$113.25M$1.86B$13.32B$19.75B
Dividend YieldN/A0.49%3.27%3.75%
P/E Ratio-2.3918.689.6734.05
Price / Sales0.091.043.9128.57
Price / Cash12.6815.7613.3517.54
Price / Book-0.452.172.034.63
Net Income-$35.20M$42.11M$959.43M$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.85%-2.53%-0.53%0.14%
1 Month Performance-13.74%-8.10%-2.25%-1.17%
1 Year Performance33.17%3.28%-6.36%7.30%

INNOVATE Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VATE
INNOVATE
0.6566 of 5 stars
$8.54
-3.2%
N/A+22.6%$113.25M$1.23B-2.394,024Upcoming Earnings
ZJK
ZJK Industrial
N/A$4.87
-0.8%
N/AN/A$298.29M$35.89M0.00N/ALockup Expiration
CIX
CompX International
N/A$22.16
-0.9%
N/A-38.8%$272.99M$145.94M14.58610Gap Up
SMID
Smith-Midland
0.1719 of 5 stars
$33.03
-1.8%
N/A-13.2%$175.22M$76.37M27.30200News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
ACU
Acme United
N/A$40.23
-1.5%
N/A-9.0%$151.02M$194.49M8.23650Positive News
Gap Down
CSTE
Caesarstone
1.2766 of 5 stars
$2.98
-1.0%
$6.00
+101.3%
-35.1%$102.96M$443.22M-1.482,270
BW
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises
2.005 of 5 stars
$0.95
-1.9%
$4.50
+372.7%
-32.9%$89.79M$878.22M-1.151,800Upcoming Earnings
RECT
Rectitude
N/A$3.72
+0.8%
N/AN/A$53.94M$41.35M0.00N/APositive News
MTEN
Mingteng International
N/A$7.71
+35.7%
N/AN/A$52.74M$9.14M0.00N/APositive News
High Trading Volume
TPCS
TechPrecision
0.6114 of 5 stars
$2.60
-8.8%
N/A-35.1%$25.12M$33.18M-2.86160Positive News
Gap Down
NWGL
Nature Wood Group
N/A$1.40
-11.4%
N/A-91.2%$23.17M$21.71M0.00114Positive News
Gap Down
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