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NYSE:ASPN

Aspen Aerogels (ASPN) Competitors

$7.33
-0.06 (-0.81%)
(As of 10/4/2023 ET)
Compare
Today's Range
$6.95
$7.47
50-Day Range
$5.55
$8.60
52-Week Range
$5.32
$14.44
Volume
1.05 million shs
Average Volume
936,476 shs
Market Capitalization
$514.64 million
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$23.88

ASPN vs. GLDD, EVA, HOV, NOA, LYTS, AGX, CPAC, TPC, LOMA, and BXC

Should you be buying Aspen Aerogels stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aspen Aerogels include Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), Enviva (EVA), Hovnanian Enterprises (HOV), North American Construction Group (NOA), LSI Industries (LYTS), Argan (AGX), Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. (CPAC), Tutor Perini (TPC), Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima (LOMA), and BlueLinx (BXC). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.

Aspen Aerogels vs.

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (NASDAQ:GLDD) and Aspen Aerogels (NYSE:ASPN) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.

Aspen Aerogels has a consensus price target of $23.88, suggesting a potential upside of 225.72%. Given Great Lakes Dredge & Dock's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Aspen Aerogels is more favorable than Great Lakes Dredge & Dock.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Aspen Aerogels
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has higher revenue and earnings than Aspen Aerogels. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aspen Aerogels, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock$648.78M0.76-$34.06M-$0.64-11.66
Aspen Aerogels$180.36M2.85-$82.74M-$1.41-5.20

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aspen Aerogels has a beta of 2.01, indicating that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Aspen Aerogels received 66 more outperform votes than Great Lakes Dredge & Dock when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.93% of users gave Aspen Aerogels an outperform vote while only 60.91% of users gave Great Lakes Dredge & Dock an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Great Lakes Dredge & DockOutperform Votes
282
60.91%
Underperform Votes
181
39.09%
Aspen AerogelsOutperform Votes
348
64.93%
Underperform Votes
188
35.07%

82.4% of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Aspen Aerogels shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Aspen Aerogels shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has a net margin of -7.15% compared to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock's net margin of -37.58%. Aspen Aerogels' return on equity of -9.65% beat Great Lakes Dredge & Dock's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock-7.15% -9.65% -3.60%
Aspen Aerogels -37.58%-19.27%-12.60%

In the previous week, Aspen Aerogels had 3 more articles in the media than Great Lakes Dredge & Dock. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Aspen Aerogels and 1 mentions for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock. Aspen Aerogels' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Great Lakes Dredge & Dock's score of 0.10 indicating that Great Lakes Dredge & Dock is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Aspen Aerogels
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Aspen Aerogels beats Great Lakes Dredge & Dock on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.


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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ASPN vs. The Competition

MetricAspen AerogelsLumber & other construction materials IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$514.64M$2.35B$6.52B$14.77B
Dividend YieldN/A0.78%2.30%3.83%
P/E Ratio-5.207.3914.0720.50
Price / Sales2.850.9312.828.47
Price / CashN/A5.4213.5816.87
Price / Book1.151.603.036.42
Net Income-$82.74M$311.60M$547.49M$900.53M
7 Day Performance-13.82%-15.74%-0.76%-2.52%
1 Month Performance15.25%-16.18%-6.76%-7.78%
1 Year Performance-31.50%3.72%23.05%0.98%

Aspen Aerogels Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GLDD
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock
2.1533 of 5 stars
$7.52
-1.1%
N/A-4.8%$500.01M$648.78M-11.75429Short Interest ↓
EVA
Enviva
1.9285 of 5 stars
$7.31
-5.1%
$17.20
+135.3%
-88.7%$544.01M$1.09B-1.811,386Analyst Report
Short Interest ↑
HOV
Hovnanian Enterprises
2.3419 of 5 stars
$90.00
-11.9%
N/A+141.7%$548.10M$2.92B4.221,866Short Interest ↓
NOA
North American Construction Group
2.9228 of 5 stars
$21.12
-1.8%
$29.50
+39.7%
+106.5%$564.75M$591.92M10.782,042
LYTS
LSI Industries
2.7643 of 5 stars
$15.76
-0.3%
$19.67
+24.8%
+103.1%$454.36M$496.98M17.911,627Positive News
AGX
Argan
0 of 5 stars
$44.96
-1.3%
N/A+35.9%$598.87M$455.04M16.90985Positive News
CPAC
Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.
2.2525 of 5 stars
$5.04
-2.1%
N/A+9.3%$427.24M$546.14M9.691,713Positive News
TPC
Tutor Perini
1.7531 of 5 stars
$7.61
-2.3%
$11.00
+44.5%
+33.0%$395.54M$121.44B-1.868,100
LOMA
Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima
2.4331 of 5 stars
$5.91
-1.5%
N/A-9.9%$691.94M$1.14B-147.752,886
BXC
BlueLinx
2.4722 of 5 stars
$77.04
-3.9%
$105.00
+36.3%
+18.1%$693.36M$4.45B5.312,100

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