IIIN vs. TWI, MYE, OFLX, KRT, ASTE, HAYN, ITRN, EBF, ERII, and KRNT
Should you be buying Insteel Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Insteel Industries include Titan International (TWI), Myers Industries (MYE), Omega Flex (OFLX), Karat Packaging (KRT), Astec Industries (ASTE), Haynes International (HAYN), Ituran Location and Control (ITRN), Ennis (EBF), Energy Recovery (ERII), and Kornit Digital (KRNT).
Titan International (NYSE:TWI) and Insteel Industries (NASDAQ:IIIN) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.
In the previous week, Titan International had 4 more articles in the media than Insteel Industries. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Titan International and 2 mentions for Insteel Industries. Titan International's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Insteel Industries' score of -0.40 indicating that Insteel Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Titan International has higher revenue and earnings than Insteel Industries. Titan International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Insteel Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insteel Industries has a net margin of 4.24% compared to Insteel Industries' net margin of 3.20%. Insteel Industries' return on equity of 17.27% beat Titan International's return on equity.
Titan International has a beta of 2.09, indicating that its stock price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Insteel Industries has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
80.4% of Titan International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.3% of Insteel Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.5% of Titan International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Insteel Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Titan International received 128 more outperform votes than Insteel Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.41% of users gave Titan International an outperform vote while only 62.01% of users gave Insteel Industries an outperform vote.
Summary
Titan International beats Insteel Industries on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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