SMID vs. SLND, CSTE, ORN, MEC, CHCI, GLT, SWIM, LYTS, WLDN, and CINT
Should you be buying Smith-Midland stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Smith-Midland include Southland (SLND), Caesarstone (CSTE), Orion Group (ORN), Mayville Engineering (MEC), Comstock Holding Companies (CHCI), Glatfelter (GLT), Latham Group (SWIM), LSI Industries (LYTS), Willdan Group (WLDN), and CI&T (CINT). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Southland (NASDAQ:SLND) and Smith-Midland (NASDAQ:SMID) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Southland received 1 more outperform votes than Smith-Midland when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Southland had 5 more articles in the media than Smith-Midland. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Southland and 1 mentions for Smith-Midland. Southland's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Smith-Midland's score of 0.41 indicating that Smith-Midland 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 54.00%. Given Smith-Midland's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Southland is more favorable than Smith-Midland.
Smith-Midland has a net margin of 0.98% compared to Smith-Midland's net margin of -1.66%. Southland's return on equity of 1.71% beat Smith-Midland's return on equity.
Smith-Midland has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Southland. Southland is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Smith-Midland, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
2.9% of Southland shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.9% of Smith-Midland shares are held by institutional investors. 79.0% of Southland shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Smith-Midland shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Southland has a beta of 0.13, meaning that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Smith-Midland has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Smith-Midland beats Southland on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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