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Forward Industries (FORD) Competitors

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$3.59
+0.07 (+1.99%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

FORD vs. NCL, NEWH, AFI, DSWL, AZEK, NWL, SWIM, KRT, LWLG, and YHGJ

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

Forward Industries vs.

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

In the previous week, Forward Industries had 7 more articles in the media than Northann. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Forward Industries and 0 mentions for Northann. Northann's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Forward Industries' score of -0.21 indicating that Northann is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Northann Neutral
Forward Industries Neutral

Forward Industries has a net margin of -10.22% compared to Northann's net margin of -49.80%. Forward Industries' return on equity of -52.85% beat Northann's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Northann-49.80% -6,763.31% -54.75%
Forward Industries -10.22%-52.85%-6.67%

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Northann
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Forward Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

0.3% of Northann shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.4% of Forward Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Forward Industries received 77 more outperform votes than Northann when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NorthannN/AN/A
Forward IndustriesOutperform Votes
77
28.95%
Underperform Votes
189
71.05%

Forward Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Northann.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Northann$13.97M0.40-$7.13M-$0.37-0.62
Forward Industries$36.69M0.11-$3.74MN/AN/A

Summary

Forward Industries beats Northann on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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 IndustriesPlastics products IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.95M$4.12B$8.14B$8.51B
Dividend YieldN/A3.02%2.72%4.13%
P/E RatioN/A20.5915.1614.67
Price / Sales0.111.757.8092.22
Price / Cash7.6712.5133.6434.18
Price / Book1.383.095.425.06
Net Income-$3.74M$76.13M$262.22M$224.95M
7 Day Performance1.13%2.34%-0.10%0.07%
1 Month Performance-0.55%9.15%2.02%3.96%
1 Year Performance-50.07%25.26%65.42%32.53%

Forward Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FORD
Forward Industries
0.3311 of 5 stars
$3.59
+2.0%
N/A-50.1%$3.95M$36.69M0.00100
NCL
Northann
N/A$0.23
+21.0%
N/A-98.1%$5.59M$13.97M-0.6273Gap Up
High Trading Volume
NEWH
NewHydrogen
N/A$0.00
flat
N/A-56.8%$2.89MN/A0.002News Coverage
AFI
Armstrong Flooring
N/AN/AN/AN/A$7.62M$649.90M-0.151,568Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
DSWL
Deswell Industries
1.0741 of 5 stars
$2.54
flat
N/A+13.9%$0.00$69.37M0.00921Negative News
AZEK
AZEK
3.7217 of 5 stars
$44.16
+0.4%
$48.12
+9.0%
+65.4%$6.39B$1.37B39.082,236
NWL
Newell Brands
3.9974 of 5 stars
$8.79
-0.1%
$8.90
+1.3%
+32.8%$3.66B$8.13B-14.6524,600Earnings Report
SWIM
Latham Group
1.3775 of 5 stars
$6.47
-0.5%
$5.28
-18.5%
+192.8%$747.80M$566.49M71.891,760Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
KRT
Karat Packaging
3.1468 of 5 stars
$26.67
-0.1%
$30.00
+12.5%
+27.3%$533.67M$405.65M19.05680Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
LWLG
Lightwave Logic
0.0115 of 5 stars
$3.16
+0.3%
N/A-30.7%$381.48M$40,000.00-17.5533
YHGJ
Yunhong Green CTI
N/A$0.69
-2.8%
N/A-75.1%$17.71M$17.94M-8.5670Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:FORD) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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