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$7.32 -0.08 (-1.08%)
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$7.95 +0.63 (+8.61%)
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FORD vs. NEWH, NCL, YHGJ, AZEK, NWL, SWIM, KRT, LWLG, DSWL, and ENTG

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

Forward Industries vs.

NewHydrogen (NASDAQ:NEWH) and Forward Industries (NASDAQ:FORD) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

NewHydrogen has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Forward Industries' net margin of -7.77%. Forward Industries' return on equity of -227.10% beat NewHydrogen's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NewHydrogenN/A -11,574.14% -57.49%
Forward Industries -7.77%-227.10%-15.51%

Forward Industries received 77 more outperform votes than NewHydrogen when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 26.55% of users gave Forward Industries an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave NewHydrogen an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NewHydrogenOutperform Votes
No Votes
Underperform Votes
2
100.00%
Forward IndustriesOutperform Votes
77
26.55%
Underperform Votes
213
73.45%

Forward Industries has higher revenue and earnings than NewHydrogen.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NewHydrogenN/AN/A-$3.18MN/AN/A
Forward Industries$29.66M0.28-$1.95MN/AN/A

In the previous week, NewHydrogen and NewHydrogen both had 2 articles in the media. NewHydrogen's average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat Forward Industries' score of -0.47 indicating that NewHydrogen is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
NewHydrogen
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Forward Industries
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

0.0% of NewHydrogen shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.8% of NewHydrogen shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 26.4% of Forward Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

NewHydrogen has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Forward Industries has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Forward Industries beats NewHydrogen on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FORD vs. The Competition

MetricForward IndustriesPlastics products IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$8.18M$3.42B$7.98B$8.47B
Dividend YieldN/A3.45%3.24%4.11%
P/E RatioN/A22.3315.2719.95
Price / Sales0.281.628.03114.60
Price / CashN/A12.2016.3734.62
Price / Book106.1412.584.794.58
Net Income-$1.95M$102.84M$258.49M$248.19M
7 Day Performance-7.93%-1.48%-0.43%2.14%
1 Month Performance35.58%28.80%11.26%16.20%
1 Year Performance39.92%9.48%-3.35%7.87%

Forward Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FORD
Forward Industries
0.7967 of 5 stars
$7.32
-1.1%
N/A+34.4%$8.06M$29.66M0.00100Earnings Report
NEWH
NewHydrogen
N/A$0.04
flat
N/A+490.6%$25.54MN/A0.002Gap Down
NCL
Northann
N/A$0.63
+7.0%
N/A+46.0%$21.71M$15.58M-3.1673Gap Up
YHGJ
Yunhong Green CTI
0.4105 of 5 stars
$0.83
-7.6%
N/A-30.6%$21.55M$17.95M-10.4070Earnings Report
Gap Down
AZEK
AZEK
2.3277 of 5 stars
$51.24
flat
$53.93
+5.3%
+9.9%$7.37B$1.52B51.762,180Positive News
NWL
Newell Brands
4.9015 of 5 stars
$5.69
-3.6%
$7.42
+30.3%
-30.5%$2.38B$7.50B-10.9428,000Positive News
Gap Down
SWIM
Latham Group
1.7903 of 5 stars
$6.32
+1.6%
$7.56
+19.6%
+58.5%$735.45M$509.31M70.232,390Gap Up
KRT
Karat Packaging
2.3441 of 5 stars
$31.45
+0.6%
$33.50
+6.5%
+8.3%$630.89M$430.64M22.46680News Coverage
Positive News
LWLG
Lightwave Logic
0.0265 of 5 stars
$1.33
-2.9%
N/A-70.3%$166.31M$88,105.00-7.3920News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
DSWL
Deswell Industries
N/A$2.27
-5.0%
N/A-5.2%$36.17M$66.81M0.00990Gap Down
High Trading Volume
ENTG
Entegris
4.2591 of 5 stars
$75.53
-3.5%
$113.00
+49.6%
-42.6%$11.44B$3.24B39.1310,000Analyst Forecast
Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:FORD) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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