ACU vs. SCX, EML, LCUT, WW, ALTO, SGA, GMGI, SKLZ, DLTH, and EM
Should you be buying Acme United stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Acme United include L.S. Starrett (SCX), Eastern (EML), Lifetime Brands (LCUT), WW International (WW), Alto Ingredients (ALTO), Saga Communications (SGA), Golden Matrix Group (GMGI), Skillz (SKLZ), Duluth (DLTH), and Smart Share Global (EM).
Acme United (NYSE:ACU) and L.S. Starrett (NYSE:SCX) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and valuation.
Acme United pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. L.S. Starrett pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Acme United pays out 12.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. L.S. Starrett pays out 15.6% 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.
In the previous week, Acme United had 3 more articles in the media than L.S. Starrett. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Acme United and 1 mentions for L.S. Starrett. L.S. Starrett's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Acme United's score of 0.31 indicating that L.S. Starrett is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
L.S. Starrett received 177 more outperform votes than Acme United when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Acme United an outperform vote while only 66.06% of users gave L.S. Starrett an outperform vote.
Acme United has a net margin of 9.67% compared to L.S. Starrett's net margin of 7.72%. Acme United's return on equity of 9.87% beat L.S. Starrett's return on equity.
Acme United has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, L.S. Starrett has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
L.S. Starrett has higher revenue and earnings than Acme United. L.S. Starrett is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acme United, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
62.1% of Acme United shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.4% of L.S. Starrett shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.1% of Acme United shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of L.S. Starrett shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Acme United beats L.S. Starrett on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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