ACCO vs. EAF, MTW, DMRC, HDSN, CIX, EBF, ITRN, ALTG, KRT, and NWPX
Should you be buying ACCO Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ACCO Brands include GrafTech International (EAF), Manitowoc (MTW), Digimarc (DMRC), Hudson Technologies (HDSN), CompX International (CIX), Ennis (EBF), Ituran Location and Control (ITRN), Alta Equipment Group (ALTG), Karat Packaging (KRT), and Northwest Pipe (NWPX). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
GrafTech International (NYSE:EAF) and ACCO Brands (NYSE:ACCO) 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 community ranking, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.
ACCO Brands received 215 more outperform votes than GrafTech International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.79% of users gave ACCO Brands an outperform vote while only 58.39% of users gave GrafTech International an outperform vote.
92.8% of GrafTech International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.6% of ACCO Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of GrafTech International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of ACCO Brands shares are held 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.
GrafTech International has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ACCO Brands has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ACCO Brands has a net margin of -1.36% compared to ACCO Brands' net margin of -45.08%. GrafTech International's return on equity of 12.42% beat ACCO Brands' return on equity.
In the previous week, GrafTech International had 5 more articles in the media than ACCO Brands. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for GrafTech International and 2 mentions for ACCO Brands. ACCO Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat GrafTech International's score of 0.58 indicating that GrafTech International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
GrafTech International presently has a consensus target price of $1.88, suggesting a potential upside of 5.34%. ACCO Brands has a consensus target price of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 45.35%. Given GrafTech International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ACCO Brands is more favorable than GrafTech International.
ACCO Brands has higher revenue and earnings than GrafTech International. ACCO Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GrafTech International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
ACCO Brands beats GrafTech International on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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