MATW vs. RGR, TPC, PBI, VLRS, YELL, TBI, HTZ, BWEN, HURN, and SXI
Should you be buying Matthews International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Matthews International include Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (RGR), Tutor Perini (TPC), Pitney Bowes (PBI), Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación (VLRS), Yellow (YELL), TrueBlue (TBI), Hertz Global (HTZ), Broadwind (BWEN), Huron Consulting Group (HURN), and Standex International (SXI).
Matthews International (NASDAQ:MATW) and Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE:RGR) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, valuation and profitability.
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. has a net margin of 8.87% compared to Matthews International's net margin of 1.77%. Matthews International's return on equity of 16.44% beat Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.'s return on equity.
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. received 62 more outperform votes than Matthews International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.85% of users gave Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. an outperform vote while only 63.44% of users gave Matthews International an outperform vote.
Matthews International pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Matthews International pays out 90.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. pays out 33.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Matthews International currently has a consensus target price of $59.00, suggesting a potential upside of 106.37%. Given Matthews International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Matthews International is more favorable than Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc..
In the previous week, Matthews International had 5 more articles in the media than Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Matthews International and 3 mentions for Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.. Matthews International's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.'s score of 0.34 indicating that Matthews International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Matthews International. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Matthews International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
83.1% of Matthews International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.0% of Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Matthews International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Matthews International has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Matthews International beats Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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