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BWEN vs. FRD, HUHU, ACNT, OCC, APWC, AQMS, INHD, HWM, MT, and TS

Should you be buying Broadwind Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Broadwind Energy include Friedman Industries (FRD), HUHUTECH International Group (HUHU), Ascent Industries (ACNT), Optical Cable (OCC), Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC), Aqua Metals (AQMS), Inno (INHD), Howmet Aerospace (HWM), ArcelorMittal (MT), and Tenaris (TS). These companies are all part of the "steel works" industry.

Broadwind Energy vs. Its Competitors

Friedman Industries (NASDAQ:FRD) and Broadwind Energy (NASDAQ:BWEN) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment and earnings.

Friedman Industries has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Broadwind Energy has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Friedman Industries has a net margin of 1.84% compared to Broadwind Energy's net margin of -1.52%. Friedman Industries' return on equity of 6.50% beat Broadwind Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Friedman Industries1.84% 6.50% 3.95%
Broadwind Energy -1.52%-3.71%-1.71%

Friedman Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Broadwind Energy. Broadwind Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Friedman Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Friedman Industries$444.60M0.34$6.09M$1.2017.70
Broadwind Energy$143.14M0.38$1.15M-$0.10-23.90

33.3% of Friedman Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.3% of Broadwind Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of Friedman Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Broadwind Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Broadwind Energy has a consensus price target of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 88.28%. Given Broadwind Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Broadwind Energy is more favorable than Friedman Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Friedman Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Broadwind Energy
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

In the previous week, Broadwind Energy had 4 more articles in the media than Friedman Industries. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Broadwind Energy and 1 mentions for Friedman Industries. Broadwind Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Friedman Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that Broadwind Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Friedman Industries Neutral
Broadwind Energy Positive

Summary

Friedman Industries and Broadwind Energy tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BWEN vs. The Competition

MetricBroadwind EnergyMACH IndustryIndustrials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$52.76M$13.78B$7.92B$10.66B
Dividend YieldN/A24.31%4.57%4.82%
P/E Ratio-23.9021.9125.2130.24
Price / Sales0.387.741,261.48133.15
Price / Cash6.4617.9628.0061.44
Price / Book0.894.504.986.60
Net Income$1.15M$498.10M$790.14M$276.82M
7 Day Performance1.27%4.08%1.84%2.58%
1 Month Performance20.10%8.07%3.15%3.76%
1 Year Performance17.73%31.49%30.73%33.84%

Broadwind Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BWEN
Broadwind Energy
3.7239 of 5 stars
$2.39
+4.4%
$4.50
+88.3%
+16.6%$52.76M$143.14M-23.90490Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
FRD
Friedman Industries
0.5876 of 5 stars
$19.95
+1.6%
N/AN/A$138.65M$444.60M16.63100Positive News
HUHU
HUHUTECH International Group
N/A$5.50
+0.1%
N/A+61.4%$115.56M$19.11M0.00N/APositive News
ACNT
Ascent Industries
0.6268 of 5 stars
$12.14
+0.7%
N/A+29.3%$112.88M$172.59M-41.86710News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
OCC
Optical Cable
1.51 of 5 stars
$8.30
-4.3%
N/A+227.1%$76.91M$66.67M-59.28340Positive News
APWC
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable
1.2441 of 5 stars
$1.94
-0.8%
N/A+24.3%$40.20M$472.67M0.001,208Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AQMS
Aqua Metals
2.0521 of 5 stars
$12.30
-15.5%
$30.00
+143.9%
-68.8%$21.52M$30K-0.3420News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
INHD
Inno
0.3895 of 5 stars
$1.20
+5.3%
N/A-73.2%$12.48M$890K0.0011Positive News
HWM
Howmet Aerospace
3.7769 of 5 stars
$192.59
+1.5%
$181.92
-5.5%
+97.5%$76.47B$7.43B56.3123,930Upcoming Earnings
MT
ArcelorMittal
3.8716 of 5 stars
$38.70
+0.6%
$33.45
-13.6%
+64.4%$31.53B$60.63B11.94125,416News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
TS
Tenaris
3.4525 of 5 stars
$34.76
+1.0%
$41.80
+20.3%
+14.3%$20.22B$11.77B9.4525,874Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:BWEN) was last updated on 10/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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