ACU vs. CPAC, JELD, CIX, BW, ZJK, SMID, MTEN, VATE, RECT, and CSTE
Should you be buying Acme United stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Acme United include Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. (CPAC), JELD-WEN (JELD), CompX International (CIX), Babcock (BW), ZJK Industrial (ZJK), Smith-Midland (SMID), Mingteng International (MTEN), INNOVATE (VATE), Rectitude (RECT), and Caesarstone (CSTE). These companies are all part of the "construction materials" industry.
Acme United vs. Its Competitors
Acme United (NYSE:ACU) and Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. (NYSE:CPAC) are both small-cap construction materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk and media sentiment.
Acme United pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Acme United pays out 25.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. pays out 80.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Acme United has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. had 1 more articles in the media than Acme United. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. and 0 mentions for Acme United. Acme United's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.'saverage media sentiment score.
62.1% of Acme United shares are held by institutional investors. 34.1% of Acme United shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. has a consensus price target of $6.40, suggesting a potential downside of 10.49%. Given Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. is more favorable than Acme United.
Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. has a net margin of 10.51% compared to Acme United's net margin of 10.25%. Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.'s return on equity of 16.60% beat Acme United's return on equity.
Acme United has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. has higher revenue and earnings than Acme United. Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acme United, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. beats Acme United on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ACU) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
