Omega Flex (OFLX) Competitors

TriMas (NASDAQ:TRS) and Omega Flex (NASDAQ:OFLX) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in TRS or OFLX?

99.4% of TriMas shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.1% of Omega Flex shares are held by institutional investors. 14.2% of TriMas shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 65.2% of Omega Flex shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate TRS or OFLX?

TriMas presently has a consensus target price of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 34.41%. Given TriMas' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe TriMas is more favorable than Omega Flex.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TriMas	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Omega Flex	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is TRS or OFLX a better dividend stock?

TriMas pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Omega Flex pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. TriMas pays out 20.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Omega Flex pays out 79.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Omega Flex has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years. Omega Flex is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, TRS or OFLX?

TriMas has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Omega Flex has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer TRS or OFLX?

In the previous week, TriMas had 12 more articles in the media than Omega Flex. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for TriMas and 2 mentions for Omega Flex. Omega Flex's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat TriMas' score of 0.04 indicating that Omega Flex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TriMas	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Omega Flex	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher valuation and earnings, TRS or OFLX?

TriMas has higher revenue and earnings than Omega Flex. Omega Flex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TriMas, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TriMas	$925.01M	1.31	$24.25M	$0.77	38.65
Omega Flex	$101.68M	3.56	$18.01M	$1.72	20.87

Is TRS or OFLX more profitable?

Omega Flex has a net margin of 17.40% compared to TriMas' net margin of 3.36%. Omega Flex's return on equity of 21.09% beat TriMas' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TriMas	3.36%	10.54%	5.24%
Omega Flex	17.40%	21.09%	16.89%

Summary

TriMas beats Omega Flex on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.