Latch (LTCH) Competitors

Amcon Distributing (NASDAQ:DIT) and Latch (NASDAQ:LTCH) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation and risk.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, DIT or LTCH?

Amcon Distributing has higher revenue and earnings than Latch.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amcon Distributing	$2.79B	0.02	$4.34M	$2.49	40.36
Latch	$48.39M	0.41	-$162.34M	N/A	N/A

Is DIT or LTCH more profitable?

Amcon Distributing has a net margin of 0.13% compared to Latch's net margin of 0.00%. Amcon Distributing's return on equity of 3.27% beat Latch's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amcon Distributing	0.13%	3.27%	0.95%
Latch	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DIT or LTCH?

Latch received 9 more outperform votes than Amcon Distributing when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 27.27% of users gave Latch an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Amcon Distributing an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Amcon Distributing	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 3 100.00%
Latch	Outperform Votes 9 27.27%	Underperform Votes 24 72.73%

Which has more volatility and risk, DIT or LTCH?

Amcon Distributing has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Latch has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor DIT or LTCH?

In the previous week, Amcon Distributing had 2 more articles in the media than Latch. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Amcon Distributing and 0 mentions for Latch. Amcon Distributing's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Latch'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Amcon Distributing	Neutral
Latch	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of DIT or LTCH?

11.1% of Amcon Distributing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.4% of Latch shares are held by institutional investors. 73.0% of Amcon Distributing shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 27.5% of Latch shares are held by 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.

Summary

Amcon Distributing beats Latch on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.