CSW Industrials (CSWI) Competitors

H.B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL) and CSW Industrials (NASDAQ:CSWI) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FUL or CSWI?

H.B. Fuller received 71 more outperform votes than CSW Industrials when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.95% of users gave CSW Industrials an outperform vote while only 56.27% of users gave H.B. Fuller an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
H.B. Fuller	Outperform Votes 314 56.27%	Underperform Votes 244 43.73%
CSW Industrials	Outperform Votes 243 63.95%	Underperform Votes 137 36.05%

Is FUL or CSWI a better dividend stock?

H.B. Fuller pays an annual dividend of $0.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. CSW Industrials pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. H.B. Fuller pays out 30.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CSW Industrials pays out 12.9% 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. H.B. Fuller has increased its dividend for 56 consecutive years. H.B. Fuller is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media prefer FUL or CSWI?

In the previous week, H.B. Fuller and H.B. Fuller both had 6 articles in the media. H.B. Fuller's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat CSW Industrials' score of 0.11 indicating that CSW Industrials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
H.B. Fuller	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
CSW Industrials	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in FUL or CSWI?

95.9% of H.B. Fuller shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of CSW Industrials shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of H.B. Fuller shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of CSW Industrials shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation and earnings, FUL or CSWI?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
H.B. Fuller	$3.51B	1.32	$144.91M	$2.93	29.09
CSW Industrials	$792.84M	5.90	$101.65M	$6.53	46.08

Do analysts prefer FUL or CSWI?

H.B. Fuller presently has a consensus target price of $92.75, indicating a potential upside of 8.81%. Given CSW Industrials' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe H.B. Fuller is more favorable than CSW Industrials.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
H.B. Fuller	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
CSW Industrials	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is FUL or CSWI more profitable?

CSW Industrials has a net margin of 12.82% compared to CSW Industrials' net margin of 4.67%. H.B. Fuller's return on equity of 18.56% beat CSW Industrials' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
H.B. Fuller	4.67%	13.33%	4.95%
CSW Industrials	12.82%	18.56%	10.70%

Which has more risk and volatility, FUL or CSWI?

H.B. Fuller has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CSW Industrials has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

H.B. Fuller and CSW Industrials tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.