Culp (CULP) Competitors

Unifi (NYSE:UFI) and Culp (NYSE:CULP) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and community ranking.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in UFI or CULP?

67.7% of Unifi shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.1% of Culp shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.9% of Unifi shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of Culp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, UFI or CULP?

Culp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Unifi. Unifi is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Culp, 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
Unifi	$590.26M	0.16	-$47.40M	-$2.18	-2.33
Culp	$213.99M	0.24	-$13.82M	-$1.75	-2.33

Is UFI or CULP more profitable?

Unifi has a net margin of -5.62% compared to Culp's net margin of -9.43%. Unifi's return on equity of -14.49% beat Culp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Unifi	-5.62%	-14.49%	-8.09%
Culp	-9.43%	-22.50%	-12.25%

Which has more risk & volatility, UFI or CULP?

Unifi has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Culp has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor UFI or CULP?

Culp received 29 more outperform votes than Unifi when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.31% of users gave Unifi an outperform vote while only 47.56% of users gave Culp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Unifi	Outperform Votes 205 62.31%	Underperform Votes 124 37.69%
Culp	Outperform Votes 234 47.56%	Underperform Votes 258 52.44%

Does the media prefer UFI or CULP?

In the previous week, Culp had 10 more articles in the media than Unifi. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Culp and 0 mentions for Unifi. Culp's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Unifi's score of 0.00 indicating that Culp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Unifi	Neutral
Culp	Neutral

Summary

Culp beats Unifi on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.