Art's-Way Manufacturing (ARTW) Competitors

Art's-Way Manufacturing (NASDAQ:ARTW) and Energous (NASDAQ:WATT) 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, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Do analysts recommend ARTW or WATT?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Art's-Way Manufacturing	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Energous	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ARTW or WATT?

Energous received 303 more outperform votes than Art's-Way Manufacturing when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.49% of users gave Energous an outperform vote while only 42.63% of users gave Art's-Way Manufacturing an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Art's-Way Manufacturing	Outperform Votes 81 42.63%	Underperform Votes 109 57.37%
Energous	Outperform Votes 384 67.49%	Underperform Votes 185 32.51%

Which has better earnings & valuation, ARTW or WATT?

Art's-Way Manufacturing has higher revenue and earnings than Energous. Energous is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Art's-Way Manufacturing, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Art's-Way Manufacturing	$28.40M	0.37	$100K	$0.20	10.45
Energous	$850K	12.20	-$26.27M	-$4.86	-0.41

Does the media favor ARTW or WATT?

In the previous week, Art's-Way Manufacturing had 2 more articles in the media than Energous. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Art's-Way Manufacturing and 2 mentions for Energous. Art's-Way Manufacturing's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Energous' score of 0.63 indicating that Art's-Way Manufacturing is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Art's-Way Manufacturing	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Energous	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ARTW or WATT?

4.4% of Art's-Way Manufacturing shares are owned by institutional investors. 52.1% of Art's-Way Manufacturing shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Energous shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is ARTW or WATT more profitable?

Art's-Way Manufacturing has a net margin of 3.03% compared to Energous' net margin of -3,719.40%. Art's-Way Manufacturing's return on equity of 8.46% beat Energous' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Art's-Way Manufacturing	3.03%	8.46%	3.90%
Energous	-3,719.40%	-112.89%	-87.22%

Which has more volatility and risk, ARTW or WATT?

Art's-Way Manufacturing has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Energous has a beta of 2.59, suggesting that its stock price is 159% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Art's-Way Manufacturing beats Energous on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.