KRT vs. CLW, MYE, EBF, ITRN, ACCO, IIIN, DMRC, HDSN, EAF, and MTW
Should you be buying Karat Packaging stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Karat Packaging include Clearwater Paper (CLW), Myers Industries (MYE), Ennis (EBF), Ituran Location and Control (ITRN), ACCO Brands (ACCO), Insteel Industries (IIIN), Digimarc (DMRC), Hudson Technologies (HDSN), GrafTech International (EAF), and Manitowoc (MTW).
Karat Packaging (NASDAQ:KRT) and Clearwater Paper (NYSE:CLW) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Karat Packaging has a net margin of 7.31% compared to Clearwater Paper's net margin of 4.92%. Karat Packaging's return on equity of 21.82% beat Clearwater Paper's return on equity.
Karat Packaging currently has a consensus price target of $30.33, suggesting a potential upside of 13.57%. Clearwater Paper has a consensus price target of $42.00, suggesting a potential downside of 12.84%. Given Karat Packaging's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Karat Packaging is more favorable than Clearwater Paper.
Clearwater Paper received 386 more outperform votes than Karat Packaging when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.33% of users gave Karat Packaging an outperform vote while only 61.93% of users gave Clearwater Paper an outperform vote.
Karat Packaging has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clearwater Paper has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Clearwater Paper has higher revenue and earnings than Karat Packaging. Clearwater Paper is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Karat Packaging, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Karat Packaging had 16 more articles in the media than Clearwater Paper. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Karat Packaging and 3 mentions for Clearwater Paper. Karat Packaging's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Clearwater Paper's score of 0.40 indicating that Karat Packaging is being referred to more favorably in the media.
25.2% of Karat Packaging shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Clearwater Paper shares are owned by institutional investors. 71.5% of Karat Packaging shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Clearwater Paper shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Karat Packaging beats Clearwater Paper on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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