FORD vs. NWL, SWIM, KRT, LWLG, DSWL, NEWH, YHGJ, NCL, GIL, and VFC
Should you be buying Forward Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Forward Industries include Newell Brands (NWL), Latham Group (SWIM), Karat Packaging (KRT), Lightwave Logic (LWLG), Deswell Industries (DSWL), NewHydrogen (NEWH), Yunhong Green CTI (YHGJ), Northann (NCL), Gildan Activewear (GIL), and V.F. (VFC).
Forward Industries vs. Its Competitors
Newell Brands (NASDAQ:NWL) and Forward Industries (NASDAQ:FORD) are both mid-cap rubber and plastic products companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.
Newell Brands has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Forward Industries has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Newell Brands had 1 more articles in the media than Forward Industries. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Newell Brands and 7 mentions for Forward Industries. Newell Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Forward Industries' score of 0.54 indicating that Newell Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Newell Brands currently has a consensus target price of $7.44, suggesting a potential upside of 43.30%. Given Newell Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Newell Brands is more favorable than Forward Industries.
Newell Brands has a net margin of -3.29% compared to Forward Industries' net margin of -14.52%. Newell Brands' return on equity of 8.48% beat Forward Industries' return on equity.
92.5% of Newell Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Newell Brands shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of Forward Industries shares are held 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.
Forward Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Newell Brands.
Summary
Newell Brands beats Forward Industries on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:FORD) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
