UFI vs. ACNT, TSE, FTEL, MNTX, RSSS, ARC, DNMR, LAKE, WRAP, and TPIC
Should you be buying Unifi stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Unifi include Ascent Industries (ACNT), Trinseo (TSE), Fitell (FTEL), Manitex International (MNTX), Research Solutions (RSSS), ARC Document Solutions (ARC), Danimer Scientific (DNMR), Lakeland Industries (LAKE), Wrap Technologies (WRAP), and TPI Composites (TPIC). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Unifi (NYSE:UFI) and Ascent Industries (NASDAQ:ACNT) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Ascent Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Unifi. Ascent Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Unifi, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Unifi had 3 more articles in the media than Ascent Industries. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Unifi and 1 mentions for Ascent Industries. Unifi's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Ascent Industries' score of -0.50 indicating that Unifi is being referred to more favorably in the media.
67.7% of Unifi shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.1% of Ascent Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.9% of Unifi shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.2% of Ascent Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Ascent Industries has a consensus price target of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 98.02%. Given Ascent Industries' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ascent Industries is more favorable than Unifi.
Unifi received 204 more outperform votes than Ascent Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Ascent Industries an outperform vote while only 62.69% of users gave Unifi an outperform vote.
Unifi has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ascent Industries has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Unifi has a net margin of -9.18% compared to Ascent Industries' net margin of -11.07%. Unifi's return on equity of -12.63% beat Ascent Industries' return on equity.
Summary
Unifi beats Ascent Industries on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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