VATE vs. SMID, CSTE, BW, ACU, RECT, MTEN, TPCS, BNRG, ZKIN, and NWGL
Should you be buying INNOVATE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of INNOVATE include Smith-Midland (SMID), Caesarstone (CSTE), Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW), Acme United (ACU), Rectitude (RECT), Mingteng International (MTEN), TechPrecision (TPCS), Brenmiller Energy (BNRG), ZK International Group (ZKIN), and Nature Wood Group (NWGL). These companies are all part of the "construction materials" industry.
INNOVATE vs.
INNOVATE (NYSE:VATE) and Smith-Midland (NASDAQ:SMID) are both small-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.
34.3% of INNOVATE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.9% of Smith-Midland shares are owned by institutional investors. 55.2% of INNOVATE shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Smith-Midland shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Smith-Midland has lower revenue, but higher earnings than INNOVATE. INNOVATE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Smith-Midland, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
INNOVATE has a beta of 2.41, indicating that its stock price is 141% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Smith-Midland has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
INNOVATE and Smith-Midland both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.
Smith-Midland has a net margin of 8.52% compared to INNOVATE's net margin of -2.22%. Smith-Midland's return on equity of 17.71% beat INNOVATE's return on equity.
In the previous week, INNOVATE had 15 more articles in the media than Smith-Midland. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for INNOVATE and 0 mentions for Smith-Midland. INNOVATE's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Smith-Midland's score of -0.55 indicating that INNOVATE is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Smith-Midland beats INNOVATE on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:VATE) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
