GLT vs. CHCI, TURN, TISI, EVA, OESX, SMID, NWGL, SLND, CSTE, and ORN
Should you be buying Glatfelter stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Glatfelter include Comstock Holding Companies (CHCI), 180 Degree Capital (TURN), Team (TISI), Enviva (EVA), Orion Energy Systems (OESX), Smith-Midland (SMID), Nature Wood Group (NWGL), Southland (SLND), Caesarstone (CSTE), and Orion Group (ORN).
Glatfelter (NYSE:GLT) and Comstock Holding Companies (NASDAQ:CHCI) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, dividends and risk.
Glatfelter has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Comstock Holding Companies has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Comstock Holding Companies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Glatfelter. Glatfelter is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Comstock Holding Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
76.9% of Glatfelter shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.5% of Comstock Holding Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Glatfelter shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 40.0% of Comstock Holding Companies shares are held 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.
Glatfelter received 23 more outperform votes than Comstock Holding Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.90% of users gave Comstock Holding Companies an outperform vote while only 58.95% of users gave Glatfelter an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Comstock Holding Companies had 2 more articles in the media than Glatfelter. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Comstock Holding Companies and 0 mentions for Glatfelter. Comstock Holding Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat Glatfelter's score of 0.00 indicating that Comstock Holding Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Comstock Holding Companies has a net margin of 17.41% compared to Glatfelter's net margin of -5.71%. Comstock Holding Companies' return on equity of 23.57% beat Glatfelter's return on equity.
Summary
Comstock Holding Companies beats Glatfelter on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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