BWEN vs. MATW, NWPX, PKOH, LXFR, IPX, GHM, CIX, ALTG, IRBT, and BOOM
Should you be buying Broadwind stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Broadwind include Matthews International (MATW), Northwest Pipe (NWPX), Park-Ohio (PKOH), Luxfer (LXFR), IperionX (IPX), Graham (GHM), CompX International (CIX), Alta Equipment Group (ALTG), iRobot (IRBT), and DMC Global (BOOM).
Matthews International (NASDAQ:MATW) and Broadwind (NASDAQ:BWEN) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Broadwind had 7 more articles in the media than Matthews International. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Broadwind and 2 mentions for Matthews International. Broadwind's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Matthews International's score of 1.05 indicating that Matthews International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Matthews International received 60 more outperform votes than Broadwind when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.44% of users gave Matthews International an outperform vote while only 61.03% of users gave Broadwind an outperform vote.
Broadwind has a net margin of 4.36% compared to Broadwind's net margin of 1.77%. Broadwind's return on equity of 16.75% beat Matthews International's return on equity.
Matthews International presently has a consensus target price of $59.00, indicating a potential upside of 108.26%. Broadwind has a consensus target price of $5.67, indicating a potential upside of 47.95%. Given Broadwind's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Matthews International is more favorable than Broadwind.
83.1% of Matthews International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.3% of Broadwind shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Matthews International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Broadwind shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Matthews International has higher revenue and earnings than Broadwind. Broadwind is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Matthews International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Matthews International has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Broadwind has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Matthews International beats Broadwind on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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