IIIN vs. OFLX, TWI, HAYN, KRNT, CECO, MYE, ERII, KRT, ITRN, and PRLB
Should you be buying Insteel Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Insteel Industries include Omega Flex (OFLX), Titan International (TWI), Haynes International (HAYN), Kornit Digital (KRNT), CECO Environmental (CECO), Myers Industries (MYE), Energy Recovery (ERII), Karat Packaging (KRT), Ituran Location and Control (ITRN), and Proto Labs (PRLB).
Insteel Industries (NASDAQ:IIIN) and Omega Flex (NASDAQ:OFLX) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Insteel Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Omega Flex. Insteel Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Omega Flex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Insteel Industries had 3 more articles in the media than Omega Flex. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Insteel Industries and 0 mentions for Omega Flex. Insteel Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Omega Flex's score of 0.00 indicating that Insteel Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
83.3% of Insteel Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.1% of Omega Flex shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of Insteel Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 67.1% of Omega Flex shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Insteel Industries received 17 more outperform votes than Omega Flex when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.26% of users gave Omega Flex an outperform vote while only 62.01% of users gave Insteel Industries an outperform vote.
Insteel Industries has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Omega Flex has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Omega Flex has a net margin of 18.63% compared to Insteel Industries' net margin of 3.71%. Omega Flex's return on equity of 27.24% beat Insteel Industries' return on equity.
Insteel Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Omega Flex pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Insteel Industries pays out 10.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Omega Flex pays out 64.4% 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.
Summary
Omega Flex beats Insteel Industries on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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