EEX vs. MPX, AGS, MCFT, CVEO, LIND, LINC, ONEW, GHG, FNKO, and REAL
Should you be buying Emerald stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Emerald include Marine Products (MPX), PlayAGS (AGS), MasterCraft Boat (MCFT), Civeo (CVEO), Lindblad Expeditions (LIND), Lincoln Educational Services (LINC), OneWater Marine (ONEW), GreenTree Hospitality Group (GHG), Funko (FNKO), and RealReal (REAL). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Emerald (NYSE:EEX) and Marine Products (NYSE:MPX) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Marine Products received 59 more outperform votes than Emerald when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.84% of users gave Marine Products an outperform vote while only 58.79% of users gave Emerald an outperform vote.
Emerald presently has a consensus price target of $8.20, suggesting a potential upside of 38.05%. Marine Products has a consensus price target of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.34%. Given Emerald's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Emerald is more favorable than Marine Products.
Marine Products has higher revenue and earnings than Emerald. Emerald is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marine Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Emerald had 16 more articles in the media than Marine Products. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Emerald and 7 mentions for Marine Products. Marine Products' average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Emerald's score of 0.12 indicating that Marine Products is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Emerald has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marine Products has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
14.9% of Emerald shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.9% of Marine Products shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.5% of Emerald shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 75.7% of Marine Products shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Marine Products has a net margin of 10.40% compared to Emerald's net margin of -2.14%. Marine Products' return on equity of 23.29% beat Emerald's return on equity.
Summary
Marine Products beats Emerald on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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