SMID vs. NWGL, CSTE, SLND, ORN, MEC, GLT, CHCI, WLDN, SWIM, and LYTS
Should you be buying Smith-Midland stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Smith-Midland include Nature Wood Group (NWGL), Caesarstone (CSTE), Southland (SLND), Orion Group (ORN), Mayville Engineering (MEC), Glatfelter (GLT), Comstock Holding Companies (CHCI), Willdan Group (WLDN), Latham Group (SWIM), and LSI Industries (LYTS). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Smith-Midland (NASDAQ:SMID) and Nature Wood Group (NASDAQ:NWGL) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends and earnings.
Smith-Midland has higher revenue and earnings than Nature Wood Group.
Smith-Midland has a net margin of 0.98% compared to Nature Wood Group's net margin of 0.00%. Smith-Midland's return on equity of 1.71% beat Nature Wood Group's return on equity.
49.9% of Smith-Midland shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of Smith-Midland shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Smith-Midland and Nature Wood Group both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Nature Wood Group had 7 more articles in the media than Smith-Midland. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Nature Wood Group and 4 mentions for Smith-Midland. Nature Wood Group's average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat Smith-Midland's score of -0.12 indicating that Nature Wood Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Smith-Midland beats Nature Wood Group on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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