ACNT vs. USAP, NWPX, MNTX, UFI, ARC, TSE, HURC, VTNR, LAKE, and MKFG
Should you be buying Ascent Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ascent Industries include Universal Stainless & Alloy Products (USAP), Northwest Pipe (NWPX), Manitex International (MNTX), Unifi (UFI), ARC Document Solutions (ARC), Trinseo (TSE), Hurco Companies (HURC), Vertex Energy (VTNR), Lakeland Industries (LAKE), and Markforged (MKFG).
Ascent Industries (NASDAQ:ACNT) and Universal Stainless & Alloy Products (NASDAQ:USAP) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
26.1% of Ascent Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.2% of Universal Stainless & Alloy Products shares are held by institutional investors. 12.9% of Ascent Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of Universal Stainless & Alloy Products shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products has a net margin of 3.21% compared to Ascent Industries' net margin of -11.07%. Universal Stainless & Alloy Products' return on equity of 4.25% beat Ascent Industries' return on equity.
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products received 264 more outperform votes than Ascent Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Ascent Industries an outperform vote while only 56.26% of users gave Universal Stainless & Alloy Products an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Ascent Industries had 4 more articles in the media than Universal Stainless & Alloy Products. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Ascent Industries and 1 mentions for Universal Stainless & Alloy Products. Universal Stainless & Alloy Products' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Ascent Industries' score of -0.05 indicating that Universal Stainless & Alloy Products is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products has higher revenue and earnings than Ascent Industries. Ascent Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ascent Industries currently has a consensus target price of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 97.04%. Universal Stainless & Alloy Products has a consensus target price of $30.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.82%. Given Ascent Industries' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Ascent Industries is more favorable than Universal Stainless & Alloy Products.
Ascent Industries has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Universal Stainless & Alloy Products has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products beats Ascent Industries on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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