SCX vs. ACU, LCUT, BSET, PNST, WW, SKLZ, AENT, GMGI, AOUT, and BRAG
Should you be buying L.S. Starrett stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of L.S. Starrett include Acme United (ACU), Lifetime Brands (LCUT), Bassett Furniture Industries (BSET), Pinstripes (PNST), WW International (WW), Skillz (SKLZ), Alliance Entertainment (AENT), Golden Matrix Group (GMGI), American Outdoor Brands (AOUT), and Bragg Gaming Group (BRAG). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Acme United (NYSE:ACU) and L.S. Starrett (NYSE:SCX) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.
Acme United has a net margin of 9.67% compared to Acme United's net margin of 7.72%. L.S. Starrett's return on equity of 9.87% beat Acme United's return on equity.
In the previous week, Acme United had 4 more articles in the media than L.S. Starrett. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Acme United and 0 mentions for L.S. Starrett. L.S. Starrett's average media sentiment score of 2.82 beat Acme United's score of 0.00 indicating that Acme United is being referred to more favorably in the media.
L.S. Starrett received 175 more outperform votes than Acme United when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Acme United an outperform vote while only 65.81% of users gave L.S. Starrett an outperform vote.
Acme United has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, L.S. Starrett has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% 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.
62.1% of Acme United shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.4% of L.S. Starrett shares are held by institutional investors. 33.1% of Acme United shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of L.S. Starrett shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Acme United beats L.S. Starrett on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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