GLT vs. CHCI, NWGL, EVA, SUGP, TURN, TISI, OESX, SMID, CSTE, and SLND
Should you be buying Glatfelter stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Glatfelter include Comstock Holding Companies (CHCI), Nature Wood Group (NWGL), Enviva (EVA), SU Group (SUGP), 180 Degree Capital (TURN), Team (TISI), Orion Energy Systems (OESX), Smith-Midland (SMID), Caesarstone (CSTE), and Southland (SLND). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Comstock Holding Companies (NASDAQ:CHCI) and Glatfelter (NYSE:GLT) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability and dividends.
Comstock Holding Companies has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Glatfelter has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Comstock Holding Companies has a net margin of 17.61% compared to Comstock Holding Companies' net margin of -6.88%. Glatfelter's return on equity of 22.60% beat Comstock Holding Companies' return on equity.
In the previous week, Comstock Holding Companies had 7 more articles in the media than Glatfelter. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Comstock Holding Companies and 0 mentions for Glatfelter. Comstock Holding Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Glatfelter's score of 0.57 indicating that Glatfelter is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Comstock Holding Companies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Glatfelter. Glatfelter is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Comstock Holding Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
6.5% of Comstock Holding Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.9% of Glatfelter shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.0% of Comstock Holding Companies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Glatfelter shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Glatfelter received 20 more outperform votes than Comstock Holding Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.18% of users gave Comstock Holding Companies an outperform vote while only 58.79% of users gave Glatfelter an outperform vote.
Summary
Comstock Holding Companies beats Glatfelter on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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