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Forward Industries (FORD) Competitors

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$36.10 +1.62 (+4.70%)
Closing price 09/12/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$36.10 +0.00 (+0.01%)
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FORD vs. DSWL, NEWH, YHGJ, NCL, NWL, SWIM, KRT, LWLG, JRSH, and VNCE

Should you be buying Forward Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Forward Industries include Deswell Industries (DSWL), NewHydrogen (NEWH), Yunhong Green CTI (YHGJ), Northann (NCL), Newell Brands (NWL), Latham Group (SWIM), Karat Packaging (KRT), Lightwave Logic (LWLG), Jerash Holdings (US) (JRSH), and Vince (VNCE).

Forward Industries vs. Its Competitors

Forward Industries (NASDAQ:FORD) and Deswell Industries (NASDAQ:DSWL) are both small-cap rubber and plastic products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Forward Industries has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Deswell Industries has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Deswell Industries has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Forward Industries' net margin of -14.52%. Deswell Industries' return on equity of 0.00% beat Forward Industries' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Forward Industries-14.52% -1,522.78% -44.33%
Deswell Industries N/A N/A N/A

Deswell Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Forward Industries.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Forward Industries$30.19M2.06-$1.95MN/AN/A
Deswell Industries$67.61M0.98$11.14MN/AN/A

In the previous week, Forward Industries had 14 more articles in the media than Deswell Industries. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Forward Industries and 2 mentions for Deswell Industries. Deswell Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Forward Industries' score of 0.38 indicating that Deswell Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Forward Industries Neutral
Deswell Industries Very Positive

Summary

Deswell Industries beats Forward Industries on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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FORD vs. The Competition

MetricForward IndustriesTEXTILE IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$59.24M$12.18B$8.36B$10.14B
Dividend YieldN/A2.65%3.02%4.60%
P/E RatioN/A18.2118.5525.98
Price / Sales2.061.135.21180.60
Price / CashN/A13.1017.0560.44
Price / Book51.576.225.106.29
Net Income-$1.95M$586.11M$256.92M$271.07M
7 Day Performance120.80%5.14%2.08%3.87%
1 Month Performance146.25%12.00%18.24%5.49%
1 Year Performance878.32%29.82%52.29%25.86%

Forward Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FORD
Forward Industries
0.2614 of 5 stars
$36.10
+4.7%
N/A+840.1%$59.24M$30.19M0.00100News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
DSWL
Deswell Industries
2.696 of 5 stars
$4.25
+2.4%
N/A+66.0%$66.05M$67.61M0.00990News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
NEWH
NewHydrogen
N/A$0.03
-3.1%
N/A+472.3%$18.05MN/A0.002Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
YHGJ
Yunhong Green CTI
0.7626 of 5 stars
$0.60
+6.1%
N/A-28.0%$14.85M$17.95M-12.0170Positive News
High Trading Volume
NCL
Northann
1.2016 of 5 stars
$0.15
+0.6%
N/A-10.3%$14.22M$12.01M-0.7473Positive News
Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
NWL
Newell Brands
4.8463 of 5 stars
$6.33
-0.9%
$7.44
+17.5%
-24.4%$2.68B$7.58B-10.7323,700Positive News
SWIM
Latham Group
1.2995 of 5 stars
$8.16
-1.0%
$7.95
-2.6%
+25.8%$960.31M$508.52M-67.991,817Positive News
KRT
Karat Packaging
4.0161 of 5 stars
$25.28
-0.8%
$31.67
+25.3%
-5.7%$512.16M$422.63M15.90680Positive News
Short Interest ↑
LWLG
Lightwave Logic
0.3125 of 5 stars
$3.08
-5.8%
N/A+20.6%$423.27M$100K-17.1120
JRSH
Jerash Holdings (US)
3.4016 of 5 stars
$3.44
+0.3%
$4.00
+16.3%
+15.7%$43.56M$145.81M49.146,000News Coverage
Short Interest ↓
VNCE
Vince
3.2168 of 5 stars
$1.49
-1.3%
$2.50
+67.8%
+46.4%$19.40M$292.21M-0.67700Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:FORD) was last updated on 9/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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