CSTE vs. SLND, NWGL, ORN, SMID, MEC, SWIM, GLT, CHCI, WLDN, and LYTS
Should you be buying Caesarstone stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Caesarstone include Southland (SLND), Nature Wood Group (NWGL), Orion Group (ORN), Smith-Midland (SMID), Mayville Engineering (MEC), Latham Group (SWIM), Glatfelter (GLT), Comstock Holding Companies (CHCI), Willdan Group (WLDN), and LSI Industries (LYTS). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Southland (NASDAQ:SLND) and Caesarstone (NASDAQ:CSTE) are both small-cap construction 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.
Southland has higher revenue and earnings than Caesarstone. Southland is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Caesarstone, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Southland has a beta of 0.13, indicating that its share price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Caesarstone has a beta of 0.22, indicating that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.
2.9% of Southland shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.7% of Caesarstone shares are owned by institutional investors. 79.0% of Southland shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Caesarstone had 1 more articles in the media than Southland. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Caesarstone and 2 mentions for Southland. Southland's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Caesarstone's score of 0.00 indicating that Caesarstone is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Southland presently has a consensus price target of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 72.81%. Caesarstone has a consensus price target of $5.50, suggesting a potential downside of 14.99%. Given Caesarstone's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Southland is more favorable than Caesarstone.
Southland has a net margin of -1.66% compared to Southland's net margin of -19.05%. Southland's return on equity of -12.71% beat Caesarstone's return on equity.
Caesarstone received 376 more outperform votes than Southland when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.02% of users gave Caesarstone an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave Southland an outperform vote.
Summary
Caesarstone beats Southland on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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