Caesarstone (CSTE) Competitors

CompX International (NYSE:CIX) and Caesarstone (NASDAQ:CSTE) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and valuation.

Is CIX or CSTE more profitable?

CompX International has a net margin of 12.48% compared to Caesarstone's net margin of -14.56%. CompX International's return on equity of 11.51% beat Caesarstone's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CompX International	12.48%	11.51%	10.52%
Caesarstone	-14.56%	-9.61%	-5.20%

Is CIX or CSTE a better dividend stock?

CompX International pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Caesarstone pays an annual dividend of $0.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. CompX International pays out 88.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Caesarstone pays out -16.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Caesarstone is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk and volatility, CIX or CSTE?

CompX International has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Caesarstone has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CIX or CSTE?

In the previous week, Caesarstone had 2 more articles in the media than CompX International. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Caesarstone and 0 mentions for CompX International. Caesarstone's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat CompX International's score of 0.00 indicating that Caesarstone is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
CompX International	Neutral
Caesarstone	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CIX or CSTE?

CompX International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Caesarstone. Caesarstone is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CompX International, 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
CompX International	$145.94M	2.30	$22.59M	$1.35	20.15
Caesarstone	$443.22M	0.20	-$107.66M	-$1.14	-2.27

Do analysts prefer CIX or CSTE?

Caesarstone has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 131.66%. Given Caesarstone's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Caesarstone is more favorable than CompX International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CompX International	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Caesarstone	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CIX or CSTE?

Caesarstone received 368 more outperform votes than CompX International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 94.44% of users gave CompX International an outperform vote while only 65.37% of users gave Caesarstone an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CompX International	Outperform Votes 17 94.44%	Underperform Votes 1 5.56%
Caesarstone	Outperform Votes 385 65.37%	Underperform Votes 204 34.63%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CIX or CSTE?

7.5% of CompX International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.7% of Caesarstone shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of CompX International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

CompX International and Caesarstone tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.