ASPN vs. VSEC, NX, BXC, HOV, BZH, LOMA, AGX, JELD, USLM, and WGO
Should you be buying Aspen Aerogels stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aspen Aerogels include VSE (VSEC), Quanex Building Products (NX), BlueLinx (BXC), Hovnanian Enterprises (HOV), Beazer Homes USA (BZH), Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima (LOMA), Argan (AGX), JELD-WEN (JELD), United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), and Winnebago Industries (WGO). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Aspen Aerogels (NYSE:ASPN) and VSE (NASDAQ:VSEC) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
In the previous week, Aspen Aerogels had 28 more articles in the media than VSE. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Aspen Aerogels and 9 mentions for VSE. VSE's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Aspen Aerogels' score of 0.52 indicating that VSE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Aspen Aerogels received 184 more outperform votes than VSE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.09% of users gave Aspen Aerogels an outperform vote while only 58.98% of users gave VSE an outperform vote.
VSE has higher revenue and earnings than Aspen Aerogels. Aspen Aerogels is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VSE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Aspen Aerogels has a beta of 1.97, indicating that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VSE has a beta of 1.68, indicating that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.
97.6% of Aspen Aerogels shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of VSE shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Aspen Aerogels shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.6% of VSE shares are held 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.
VSE has a net margin of 4.55% compared to Aspen Aerogels' net margin of -10.73%. VSE's return on equity of 8.72% beat Aspen Aerogels' return on equity.
Aspen Aerogels currently has a consensus price target of $25.17, indicating a potential upside of 0.19%. VSE has a consensus price target of $78.25, indicating a potential downside of 5.61%. Given Aspen Aerogels' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Aspen Aerogels is more favorable than VSE.
Summary
VSE beats Aspen Aerogels on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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