ACU vs. JELD, CPAC, CIX, ZJK, SMID, BW, MTEN, VATE, RECT, and TPCS
Should you be buying Acme United stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Acme United include JELD-WEN (JELD), Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. (CPAC), CompX International (CIX), ZJK Industrial (ZJK), Smith-Midland (SMID), Babcock (BW), Mingteng International (MTEN), INNOVATE (VATE), Rectitude (RECT), and Techprecision (TPCS). These companies are all part of the "construction materials" industry.
Acme United vs. Its Competitors
JELD-WEN (NYSE:JELD) and Acme United (NYSE:ACU) are both small-cap construction materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Acme United has a net margin of 10.25% compared to JELD-WEN's net margin of -10.03%. Acme United's return on equity of 9.70% beat JELD-WEN's return on equity.
JELD-WEN has a beta of 1.68, indicating that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acme United has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Acme United has lower revenue, but higher earnings than JELD-WEN. JELD-WEN is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acme United, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
95.0% of JELD-WEN shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.1% of Acme United shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of JELD-WEN shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 34.1% of Acme United shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
JELD-WEN presently has a consensus target price of $6.03, indicating a potential upside of 2.22%. Given JELD-WEN's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe JELD-WEN is more favorable than Acme United.
In the previous week, JELD-WEN had 6 more articles in the media than Acme United. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for JELD-WEN and 1 mentions for Acme United. Acme United's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat JELD-WEN's score of 0.80 indicating that Acme United is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Acme United beats JELD-WEN on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ACU) was last updated on 9/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
