Aspen Aerogels (ASPN) Competitors

Aspen Aerogels (NYSE:ASPN) and Global Partners (NYSE:GLP) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.

Is ASPN or GLP more profitable?

Aspen Aerogels has a net margin of 2.95% compared to Global Partners' net margin of 0.82%. Global Partners' return on equity of 22.07% beat Aspen Aerogels' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aspen Aerogels	2.95%	7.49%	5.10%
Global Partners	0.82%	22.07%	3.94%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ASPN or GLP?

97.6% of Aspen Aerogels shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.1% of Global Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of Aspen Aerogels shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 41.5% of Global Partners shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate ASPN or GLP?

Aspen Aerogels currently has a consensus target price of $18.44, suggesting a potential upside of 190.14%. Global Partners has a consensus target price of $56.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.58%. Given Aspen Aerogels' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Aspen Aerogels is more favorable than Global Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aspen Aerogels	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82
Global Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media prefer ASPN or GLP?

In the previous week, Global Partners had 4 more articles in the media than Aspen Aerogels. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Global Partners and 3 mentions for Aspen Aerogels. Aspen Aerogels' average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Global Partners' score of 1.13 indicating that Aspen Aerogels is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Aspen Aerogels	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Global Partners	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ASPN or GLP?

Global Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Aspen Aerogels. Aspen Aerogels is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Partners, 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
Aspen Aerogels	$436.92M	1.19	$13.38M	-$3.49	-1.82
Global Partners	$17.61B	0.10	$142.60M	$3.15	17.16

Which has more volatility and risk, ASPN or GLP?

Aspen Aerogels has a beta of 2.68, suggesting that its stock price is 168% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Partners has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ASPN or GLP?

Aspen Aerogels received 95 more outperform votes than Global Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.52% of users gave Aspen Aerogels an outperform vote while only 55.62% of users gave Global Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Aspen Aerogels	Outperform Votes 382 65.52%	Underperform Votes 201 34.48%
Global Partners	Outperform Votes 287 55.62%	Underperform Votes 229 44.38%

Summary

Aspen Aerogels beats Global Partners on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.