VATE vs. GIFI, TPCS, VMI, ACA, PRLB, SRL, LIVE, GEG, FGF, and HAPP
Should you be buying INNOVATE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of INNOVATE include Gulf Island Fabrication (GIFI), TechPrecision (TPCS), Valmont Industries (VMI), Arcosa (ACA), Proto Labs (PRLB), Scully Royalty (SRL), Live Ventures (LIVE), Great Elm Group (GEG), Fundamental Global (FGF), and Happiness Development Group (HAPP).
Gulf Island Fabrication (NASDAQ:GIFI) and INNOVATE (NYSE:VATE) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.
In the previous week, INNOVATE had 2 more articles in the media than Gulf Island Fabrication. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for INNOVATE and 5 mentions for Gulf Island Fabrication. INNOVATE's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Gulf Island Fabrication's score of 1.06 indicating that Gulf Island Fabrication is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Gulf Island Fabrication has higher earnings, but lower revenue than INNOVATE. Gulf Island Fabrication is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than INNOVATE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
INNOVATE has a net margin of -3.07% compared to INNOVATE's net margin of -14.27%. Gulf Island Fabrication's return on equity of 0.00% beat INNOVATE's return on equity.
Gulf Island Fabrication has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, INNOVATE has a beta of 2.1, indicating that its stock price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500.
46.4% of Gulf Island Fabrication shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.3% of INNOVATE shares are held by institutional investors. 20.1% of Gulf Island Fabrication shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 32.3% of INNOVATE shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Gulf Island Fabrication received 193 more outperform votes than INNOVATE when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
INNOVATE beats Gulf Island Fabrication on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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