GLT vs. CHCI, NWGL, EVA, SUGP, TURN, TISI, OESX, SMID, CSTE, and SLND
Should you be buying Glatfelter stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Glatfelter include Comstock Holding Companies (CHCI), Nature Wood Group (NWGL), Enviva (EVA), SU Group (SUGP), 180 Degree Capital (TURN), Team (TISI), Orion Energy Systems (OESX), Smith-Midland (SMID), Caesarstone (CSTE), and Southland (SLND). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Glatfelter (NYSE:GLT) and Comstock Holding Companies (NASDAQ:CHCI) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and risk.
76.9% of Glatfelter shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.5% of Comstock Holding Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Comstock Holding Companies had 7 more articles in the media than Glatfelter. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Comstock Holding Companies and 1 mentions for Glatfelter. Comstock Holding Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Glatfelter's score of 0.47 indicating that Comstock Holding Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Glatfelter received 20 more outperform votes than Comstock Holding Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.18% of users gave Comstock Holding Companies an outperform vote while only 58.79% of users gave Glatfelter an outperform vote.
Glatfelter has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Comstock Holding Companies has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% 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.
Comstock Holding Companies has a net margin of 17.61% compared to Glatfelter's net margin of -6.88%. Comstock Holding Companies' return on equity of 22.60% 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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