UNF vs. CSTM, GEF, ATS, JBT, REZI, ALRM, BRC, YOU, KAI, and AIN
Should you be buying UniFirst stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UniFirst include Constellium (CSTM), Greif (GEF), ATS (ATS), John Bean Technologies (JBT), Resideo Technologies (REZI), Alarm.com (ALRM), Brady (BRC), Clear Secure (YOU), Kadant (KAI), and Albany International (AIN). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
UniFirst (NYSE:UNF) and Constellium (NYSE:CSTM) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Constellium had 4 more articles in the media than UniFirst. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Constellium and 1 mentions for UniFirst. Constellium's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat UniFirst's score of 0.03 indicating that Constellium is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
UniFirst has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Constellium has a beta of 1.71, meaning that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Constellium has higher revenue and earnings than UniFirst. Constellium is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UniFirst, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
78.2% of UniFirst shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of Constellium shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of UniFirst shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Constellium shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Constellium received 141 more outperform votes than UniFirst when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.45% of users gave Constellium an outperform vote while only 53.12% of users gave UniFirst an outperform vote.
UniFirst presently has a consensus target price of $177.75, suggesting a potential upside of 11.22%. Constellium has a consensus target price of $25.40, suggesting a potential upside of 25.74%. Given Constellium's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Constellium is more favorable than UniFirst.
UniFirst has a net margin of 4.92% compared to Constellium's net margin of 1.73%. Constellium's return on equity of 15.68% beat UniFirst's return on equity.
Summary
Constellium beats UniFirst on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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