ACU vs. SCX, EML, LCUT, LVO, ALTO, VIRC, FLL, DLTH, SGA, and BRAG
Should you be buying Acme United stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Acme United include L.S. Starrett (SCX), Eastern (EML), Lifetime Brands (LCUT), LiveOne (LVO), Alto Ingredients (ALTO), Virco Mfg. (VIRC), Full House Resorts (FLL), Duluth (DLTH), Saga Communications (SGA), and Bragg Gaming Group (BRAG).
L.S. Starrett (NYSE:SCX) and Acme United (NYSE:ACU) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Acme United has a net margin of 9.67% compared to Acme United's net margin of 7.72%. L.S. Starrett's return on equity of 9.87% beat Acme United's return on equity.
L.S. Starrett received 175 more outperform votes than Acme United when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Acme United an outperform vote while only 65.81% of users gave L.S. Starrett an outperform vote.
L.S. Starrett has higher revenue and earnings than Acme United. L.S. Starrett is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acme United, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
43.4% of L.S. Starrett shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.1% of Acme United shares are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of L.S. Starrett 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Acme United had 7 more articles in the media than L.S. Starrett. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Acme United and 1 mentions for L.S. Starrett. L.S. Starrett's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Acme United's score of 0.00 indicating that Acme United is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
L.S. Starrett has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acme United has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Acme United beats L.S. Starrett on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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