CSW Industrials (CSWI) Competitors

H.B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL) and CSW Industrials (NASDAQ:CSWI) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Which has better valuation and earnings, FUL or CSWI?

H.B. Fuller has higher revenue and earnings than CSW Industrials. H.B. Fuller is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CSW Industrials, 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
H.B. Fuller	$3.51B	1.24	$144.91M	$2.75	28.96
CSW Industrials	$792.84M	4.98	$101.65M	$6.53	38.94

Which has more volatility and risk, FUL or CSWI?

H.B. Fuller has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CSW Industrials has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend FUL or CSWI?

H.B. Fuller currently has a consensus target price of $86.20, indicating a potential upside of 8.25%. Given CSW Industrials' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe H.B. Fuller is more favorable than CSW Industrials.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
H.B. Fuller	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
CSW Industrials	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in FUL or CSWI?

95.9% of H.B. Fuller shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of CSW Industrials shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of H.B. Fuller shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of CSW Industrials shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FUL or CSWI?

H.B. Fuller received 71 more outperform votes than CSW Industrials when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.02% of users gave CSW Industrials an outperform vote while only 56.29% of users gave H.B. Fuller an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
H.B. Fuller	Outperform Votes 313 56.29%	Underperform Votes 243 43.71%
CSW Industrials	Outperform Votes 242 64.02%	Underperform Votes 136 35.98%

Is FUL or CSWI more profitable?

CSW Industrials has a net margin of 12.82% compared to CSW Industrials' net margin of 4.39%. H.B. Fuller's return on equity of 18.56% beat CSW Industrials' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
H.B. Fuller	4.39%	12.88%	4.78%
CSW Industrials	12.82%	18.56%	10.70%

Does the media refer more to FUL or CSWI?

In the previous week, CSW Industrials had 11 more articles in the media than H.B. Fuller. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for CSW Industrials and 2 mentions for H.B. Fuller. H.B. Fuller's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat CSW Industrials' score of 0.50 indicating that CSW Industrials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
H.B. Fuller	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CSW Industrials	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is FUL or CSWI a better dividend stock?

H.B. Fuller pays an annual dividend of $0.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. CSW Industrials pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. H.B. Fuller pays out 32.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CSW Industrials pays out 12.9% 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. H.B. Fuller has raised its dividend for 56 consecutive years and CSW Industrials has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. H.B. Fuller is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

H.B. Fuller and CSW Industrials tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.