CIX vs. EML, EAF, ALTG, DMRC, BOOM, MTW, NWPX, ACCO, IPX, and PKOH
Should you be buying CompX International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CompX International include Eastern (EML), GrafTech International (EAF), Alta Equipment Group (ALTG), Digimarc (DMRC), DMC Global (BOOM), Manitowoc (MTW), Northwest Pipe (NWPX), ACCO Brands (ACCO), IperionX (IPX), and Park-Ohio (PKOH). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
CompX International (NYSE:CIX) and Eastern (NASDAQ:EML) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
CompX International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Eastern. CompX International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eastern, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Eastern had 8 more articles in the media than CompX International. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Eastern and 2 mentions for CompX International. CompX International's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Eastern's score of -0.05 indicating that CompX International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Eastern received 171 more outperform votes than CompX International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave CompX International an outperform vote while only 79.82% of users gave Eastern an outperform vote.
7.5% of CompX International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.0% of Eastern shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of CompX International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.0% of Eastern shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
CompX International pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Eastern pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. CompX International pays out 65.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eastern pays out 32.1% 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.
CompX International has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eastern has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CompX International has a net margin of 14.01% compared to Eastern's net margin of 3.14%. CompX International's return on equity of 13.74% beat Eastern's return on equity.
Summary
CompX International beats Eastern on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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