ACU vs. SCX, EML, LCUT, ALTO, BRAG, SGA, LVO, DLTH, SKLZ, and WW
Should you be buying Acme United stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Acme United include L.S. Starrett (SCX), Eastern (EML), Lifetime Brands (LCUT), Alto Ingredients (ALTO), Bragg Gaming Group (BRAG), Saga Communications (SGA), LiveOne (LVO), Duluth (DLTH), Skillz (SKLZ), and WW International (WW).
Acme United (NYSE:ACU) and L.S. Starrett (NYSE:SCX) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and dividends.
62.1% of Acme United shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.4% of L.S. Starrett shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.1% of Acme United shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of L.S. Starrett shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
L.S. Starrett received 176 more outperform votes than Acme United when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Acme United an outperform vote while only 65.93% of users gave L.S. Starrett an outperform vote.
Acme United has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, L.S. Starrett has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
L.S. Starrett has higher revenue and earnings than Acme United. L.S. Starrett is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acme United, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, L.S. Starrett had 2 more articles in the media than Acme United. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for L.S. Starrett and 1 mentions for Acme United. Acme United's average media sentiment score of 2.34 beat L.S. Starrett's score of 0.39 indicating that Acme United is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Acme United has a net margin of 9.67% compared to L.S. Starrett's net margin of 7.72%. Acme United's return on equity of 9.87% beat L.S. Starrett's return on equity.
Summary
Acme United beats L.S. Starrett on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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