Northwest Pipe (NWPX) Competitors

Synalloy (NASDAQ:SYNL) and Northwest Pipe (NASDAQ:NWPX) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Is SYNL or NWPX more profitable?

Synalloy has a net margin of 9.07% compared to Synalloy's net margin of 5.22%. Northwest Pipe's return on equity of 32.61% beat Synalloy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Synalloy	9.07%	32.61%	13.84%
Northwest Pipe	5.22%	7.11%	3.97%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SYNL or NWPX?

Synalloy received 17 more outperform votes than Northwest Pipe when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.18% of users gave Synalloy an outperform vote while only 57.86% of users gave Northwest Pipe an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Synalloy	Outperform Votes 293 74.18%	Underperform Votes 102 25.82%
Northwest Pipe	Outperform Votes 276 57.86%	Underperform Votes 201 42.14%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, SYNL or NWPX?

Northwest Pipe has higher revenue and earnings than Synalloy. Synalloy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northwest Pipe, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Synalloy	$334.71M	0.00	$20.25M	$3.76	N/A
Northwest Pipe	$444.36M	0.78	$21.07M	$2.38	14.65

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SYNL or NWPX?

37.9% of Synalloy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of Northwest Pipe shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.0% of Synalloy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Northwest Pipe shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor SYNL or NWPX?

In the previous week, Northwest Pipe had 4 more articles in the media than Synalloy. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Northwest Pipe and 0 mentions for Synalloy. Synalloy's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Northwest Pipe's score of 0.59 indicating that Northwest Pipe is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Synalloy	Positive
Northwest Pipe	Very Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, SYNL or NWPX?

Synalloy has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northwest Pipe has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate SYNL or NWPX?

Northwest Pipe has a consensus price target of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.71%.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Synalloy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Northwest Pipe	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Northwest Pipe beats Synalloy on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.