VTNR vs. LAKE, MKFG, HURC, ARC, UFI, MNTX, ACNT, TSE, TPIC, and PESI
Should you be buying Vertex Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vertex Energy include Lakeland Industries (LAKE), Markforged (MKFG), Hurco Companies (HURC), ARC Document Solutions (ARC), Unifi (UFI), Manitex International (MNTX), Ascent Industries (ACNT), Trinseo (TSE), TPI Composites (TPIC), and Perma-Fix Environmental Services (PESI). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Lakeland Industries (NASDAQ:LAKE) and Vertex Energy (NASDAQ:VTNR) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.
71.7% of Lakeland Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.0% of Vertex Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.1% of Lakeland Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.8% of Vertex Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Lakeland Industries has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vertex Energy has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Vertex Energy received 88 more outperform votes than Lakeland Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.93% of users gave Vertex Energy an outperform vote while only 62.38% of users gave Lakeland Industries an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Lakeland Industries had 2 more articles in the media than Vertex Energy. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Lakeland Industries and 4 mentions for Vertex Energy. Lakeland Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Vertex Energy's score of 0.30 indicating that Vertex Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lakeland Industries has a net margin of 4.33% compared to Lakeland Industries' net margin of -2.25%. Vertex Energy's return on equity of 6.63% beat Lakeland Industries' return on equity.
Lakeland Industries presently has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.53%. Vertex Energy has a consensus price target of $4.88, indicating a potential upside of 255.84%. Given Lakeland Industries' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vertex Energy is more favorable than Lakeland Industries.
Lakeland Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Vertex Energy.
Summary
Lakeland Industries beats Vertex Energy on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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