SLND vs. MAPS, ORN, SES, GLDD, CSTE, SMID, MEC, SWIM, CHCI, and GLT
Should you be buying Southland stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Southland include WM Technology (MAPS), Orion Group (ORN), SES AI (SES), Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), Caesarstone (CSTE), Smith-Midland (SMID), Mayville Engineering (MEC), Latham Group (SWIM), Comstock Holding Companies (CHCI), and Glatfelter (GLT).
Southland (NASDAQ:SLND) and WM Technology (NASDAQ:MAPS) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
2.9% of Southland shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.0% of WM Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 79.0% of Southland shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 41.3% of WM Technology shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
WM Technology received 18 more outperform votes than Southland when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.35% of users gave WM Technology an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave Southland an outperform vote.
Southland has a beta of 0.13, suggesting that its share price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WM Technology has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Southland has a net margin of -1.66% compared to WM Technology's net margin of -56.88%. Southland's return on equity of -14.55% beat WM Technology's return on equity.
In the previous week, Southland had 3 more articles in the media than WM Technology. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Southland and 3 mentions for WM Technology. WM Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Southland's score of 0.41 indicating that WM Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Southland currently has a consensus price target of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 54.00%. Given Southland's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Southland is more favorable than WM Technology.
Southland has higher revenue and earnings than WM Technology. Southland is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WM Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Southland beats WM Technology on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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