Latham Group (SWIM) Competitors

Karat Packaging (NASDAQ:KRT) and Latham Group (NASDAQ:SWIM) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and community ranking.

Which has more risk & volatility, KRT or SWIM?

Karat Packaging has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Latham Group has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, KRT or SWIM?

Karat Packaging has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Latham Group. Karat Packaging is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Latham Group, 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
Karat Packaging	$416.57M	1.40	$32.47M	$1.40	20.84
Latham Group	$512.11M	1.49	-$2.39M	$0.09	73.44

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in KRT or SWIM?

25.2% of Karat Packaging shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.9% of Latham Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 66.1% of Karat Packaging shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of Latham Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is KRT or SWIM more profitable?

Karat Packaging has a net margin of 6.78% compared to Latham Group's net margin of 2.23%. Karat Packaging's return on equity of 19.84% beat Latham Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Karat Packaging	6.78%	19.84%	11.01%
Latham Group	2.23%	2.83%	1.37%

Do analysts prefer KRT or SWIM?

Karat Packaging presently has a consensus price target of $32.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.66%. Latham Group has a consensus price target of $6.65, indicating a potential upside of 0.61%. Given Karat Packaging's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Karat Packaging is more favorable than Latham Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Karat Packaging	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Latham Group	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17

Does the media prefer KRT or SWIM?

In the previous week, Karat Packaging had 1 more articles in the media than Latham Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Karat Packaging and 1 mentions for Latham Group. Latham Group's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Karat Packaging's score of 0.47 indicating that Latham Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Karat Packaging	Neutral
Latham Group	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KRT or SWIM?

Latham Group received 19 more outperform votes than Karat Packaging when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.61% of users gave Karat Packaging an outperform vote while only 40.63% of users gave Latham Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Karat Packaging	Outperform Votes 20 60.61%	Underperform Votes 13 39.39%
Latham Group	Outperform Votes 39 40.63%	Underperform Votes 57 59.38%

Summary

Karat Packaging beats Latham Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.