CODI vs. NMRK, NBTB, CXW, ENVA, TFIN, RNST, NAVI, UPBD, OFG, and STC
Should you be buying Compass Diversified stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Compass Diversified include Newmark Group (NMRK), NBT Bancorp (NBTB), CoreCivic (CXW), Enova International (ENVA), Triumph Financial (TFIN), Renasant (RNST), Navient (NAVI), Upbound Group (UPBD), OFG Bancorp (OFG), and Stewart Information Services (STC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Compass Diversified (NYSE:CODI) and Newmark Group (NASDAQ:NMRK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and dividends.
In the previous week, Compass Diversified and Compass Diversified both had 2 articles in the media. Newmark Group's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Compass Diversified's score of 0.00 indicating that Newmark Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Compass Diversified has a beta of 1.72, meaning that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Newmark Group has a beta of 1.97, meaning that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Compass Diversified pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Newmark Group pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Compass Diversified pays out 43.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Newmark Group pays out 48.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Compass Diversified is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Compass Diversified has a net margin of 9.43% compared to Newmark Group's net margin of 1.72%. Newmark Group's return on equity of 17.03% beat Compass Diversified's return on equity.
Newmark Group received 4 more outperform votes than Compass Diversified when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.26% of users gave Compass Diversified an outperform vote while only 57.76% of users gave Newmark Group an outperform vote.
72.7% of Compass Diversified shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.4% of Newmark Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Compass Diversified shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.8% of Newmark Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Compass Diversified currently has a consensus target price of $26.50, suggesting a potential upside of 20.56%. Newmark Group has a consensus target price of $12.13, suggesting a potential upside of 26.70%. Given Newmark Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Newmark Group is more favorable than Compass Diversified.
Compass Diversified has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Newmark Group. Compass Diversified is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Newmark Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Compass Diversified beats Newmark Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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