Omega Flex (OFLX) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of OFLX or IIIN?

36.1% of Omega Flex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.3% of Insteel Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 67.1% of Omega Flex shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Insteel Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is OFLX or IIIN a better dividend stock?

Omega Flex pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Insteel Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Omega Flex pays out 64.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Insteel Industries pays out 10.4% 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.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, OFLX or IIIN?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Omega Flex	$111.46M	6.19	$20.76M	$2.05	33.34
Insteel Industries	$649.19M	1.02	$32.42M	$1.15	29.66

Do analysts recommend OFLX or IIIN?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Omega Flex	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Insteel Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media favor OFLX or IIIN?

In the previous week, Omega Flex had 5 more articles in the media than Insteel Industries. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Omega Flex and 0 mentions for Insteel Industries. Omega Flex's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Insteel Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that Omega Flex is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Omega Flex	Positive
Insteel Industries	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OFLX or IIIN?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Omega Flex	Outperform Votes 187 69.26%	Underperform Votes 83 30.74%
Insteel Industries	Outperform Votes 204 62.01%	Underperform Votes 125 37.99%

Is OFLX or IIIN more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Omega Flex	18.63%	27.24%	21.60%
Insteel Industries	3.71%	6.16%	5.24%

Which has more volatility & risk, OFLX or IIIN?

Omega Flex has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Insteel Industries has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Omega Flex beats Insteel Industries on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.