Apogee Enterprises (APOG) Competitors

Cadre (NYSE:CDRE) and Apogee Enterprises (NASDAQ:APOG) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking and dividends.

Is CDRE or APOG more profitable?

Cadre has a net margin of 8.01% compared to Cadre's net margin of 7.03%. Cadre's return on equity of 23.84% beat Apogee Enterprises' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cadre	8.01%	21.85%	9.82%
Apogee Enterprises	7.03%	23.84%	11.69%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CDRE or APOG?

44.0% of Cadre shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.1% of Apogee Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 49.2% of Cadre shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Apogee Enterprises shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, CDRE or APOG?

Cadre has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apogee Enterprises has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend CDRE or APOG?

Cadre presently has a consensus target price of $41.25, indicating a potential upside of 23.61%. Apogee Enterprises has a consensus target price of $50.00, indicating a potential downside of 19.07%. Given Apogee Enterprises' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cadre is more favorable than Apogee Enterprises.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cadre	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Apogee Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has better earnings and valuation, CDRE or APOG?

Apogee Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than Cadre. Apogee Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cadre, 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
Cadre	$482.53M	2.60	$38.64M	$1.02	32.72
Apogee Enterprises	$1.42B	0.96	$99.61M	$4.51	13.70

Is CDRE or APOG a better dividend stock?

Cadre pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Apogee Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Cadre pays out 34.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Apogee Enterprises pays out 22.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Cadre has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Apogee Enterprises has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Apogee Enterprises is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media refer more to CDRE or APOG?

In the previous week, Apogee Enterprises had 16 more articles in the media than Cadre. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Apogee Enterprises and 4 mentions for Cadre. Cadre's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Apogee Enterprises' score of 0.51 indicating that Apogee Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cadre	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Apogee Enterprises	4 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CDRE or APOG?

Apogee Enterprises received 282 more outperform votes than Cadre when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.49% of users gave Apogee Enterprises an outperform vote while only 53.57% of users gave Cadre an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cadre	Outperform Votes 15 53.57%	Underperform Votes 13 46.43%
Apogee Enterprises	Outperform Votes 297 61.49%	Underperform Votes 186 38.51%

Summary

Apogee Enterprises beats Cadre on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.