TechPrecision (TPCS) Competitors

Caesarstone (NASDAQ:CSTE) and TechPrecision (NASDAQ:TPCS) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CSTE or TPCS?

Caesarstone received 329 more outperform votes than TechPrecision when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.37% of users gave Caesarstone an outperform vote while only 62.22% of users gave TechPrecision an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Caesarstone	Outperform Votes 385 65.37%	Underperform Votes 204 34.63%
TechPrecision	Outperform Votes 56 62.22%	Underperform Votes 34 37.78%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CSTE or TPCS?

33.7% of Caesarstone shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.5% of TechPrecision shares are held by institutional investors. 15.4% of TechPrecision shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate CSTE or TPCS?

Caesarstone presently has a consensus target price of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 131.66%. Given Caesarstone's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Caesarstone is more favorable than TechPrecision.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Caesarstone	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
TechPrecision	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is CSTE or TPCS more profitable?

Caesarstone has a net margin of -14.56% compared to TechPrecision's net margin of -24.25%. Caesarstone's return on equity of -9.61% beat TechPrecision's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Caesarstone	-14.56%	-9.61%	-5.20%
TechPrecision	-24.25%	-86.04%	-22.36%

Does the media prefer CSTE or TPCS?

In the previous week, Caesarstone had 1 more articles in the media than TechPrecision. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Caesarstone and 1 mentions for TechPrecision. TechPrecision's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Caesarstone's score of 0.29 indicating that TechPrecision is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Caesarstone	Neutral
TechPrecision	Very Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, CSTE or TPCS?

Caesarstone has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TechPrecision has a beta of 0.13, indicating that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, CSTE or TPCS?

TechPrecision has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Caesarstone. TechPrecision is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Caesarstone, 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
Caesarstone	$443.22M	0.20	-$107.66M	-$1.14	-2.27
TechPrecision	$33.15M	0.72	-$7.04M	-$0.89	-2.74

Summary

Caesarstone beats TechPrecision on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.