LAKE vs. APT, VTNR, MKFG, HURC, ARC, UFI, MNTX, ACNT, TPIC, and TSE
Should you be buying Lakeland Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lakeland Industries include Alpha Pro Tech (APT), Vertex Energy (VTNR), Markforged (MKFG), Hurco Companies (HURC), ARC Document Solutions (ARC), Unifi (UFI), Manitex International (MNTX), Ascent Industries (ACNT), TPI Composites (TPIC), and Trinseo (TSE). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Lakeland Industries (NASDAQ:LAKE) and Alpha Pro Tech (NYSE:APT) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.
Lakeland Industries currently has a consensus price target of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.58%. Given Lakeland Industries' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Lakeland Industries is more favorable than Alpha Pro Tech.
71.7% of Lakeland Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.7% of Alpha Pro Tech shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.1% of Lakeland Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.6% of Alpha Pro Tech 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.
Alpha Pro Tech has a net margin of 6.84% compared to Lakeland Industries' net margin of 4.33%. Alpha Pro Tech's return on equity of 6.84% beat Lakeland Industries' return on equity.
In the previous week, Lakeland Industries had 5 more articles in the media than Alpha Pro Tech. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Lakeland Industries and 1 mentions for Alpha Pro Tech. Lakeland Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Alpha Pro Tech's score of 0.00 indicating that Lakeland Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lakeland Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Alpha Pro Tech. Alpha Pro Tech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lakeland Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lakeland Industries received 189 more outperform votes than Alpha Pro Tech when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Alpha Pro Tech an outperform vote while only 62.38% of users gave Lakeland Industries an outperform vote.
Lakeland Industries has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpha Pro Tech has a beta of -0.67, suggesting that its share price is 167% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Lakeland Industries beats Alpha Pro Tech on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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