CSWI vs. FUL, SBSW, AVNT, CRS, SMG, KWR, CC, ALTM, HL, and MEOH
Should you be buying CSW Industrials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CSW Industrials include H.B. Fuller (FUL), Sibanye Stillwater (SBSW), Avient (AVNT), Carpenter Technology (CRS), Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG), Quaker Chemical (KWR), Chemours (CC), Arcadium Lithium (ALTM), Hecla Mining (HL), and Methanex (MEOH). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
CSW Industrials (NASDAQ:CSWI) and H.B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, H.B. Fuller had 12 more articles in the media than CSW Industrials. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for H.B. Fuller and 5 mentions for CSW Industrials. CSW Industrials' average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat H.B. Fuller's score of 0.69 indicating that CSW Industrials is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CSW Industrials has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, H.B. Fuller has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CSW Industrials has a net margin of 12.47% compared to H.B. Fuller's net margin of 4.39%. CSW Industrials' return on equity of 18.47% beat H.B. Fuller's return on equity.
H.B. Fuller received 71 more outperform votes than CSW Industrials when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.02% of users gave CSW Industrials an outperform vote while only 56.29% of users gave H.B. Fuller an outperform vote.
H.B. Fuller has a consensus target price of $86.20, suggesting a potential upside of 13.39%. Given H.B. Fuller's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe H.B. Fuller is more favorable than CSW Industrials.
82.8% of CSW Industrials shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.9% of H.B. Fuller shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of CSW Industrials shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of H.B. Fuller shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
H.B. Fuller has higher revenue and earnings than CSW Industrials. H.B. Fuller is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CSW Industrials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CSW Industrials pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. H.B. Fuller pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. CSW Industrials pays out 12.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. H.B. Fuller pays out 29.8% 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.
Summary
H.B. Fuller beats CSW Industrials on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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