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INNOVATE (VATE) Competitors

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VATE vs. ZJK, SMID, ACU, MTEN, BW, RECT, CSTE, TPCS, NISN, and NWGL

Should you be buying INNOVATE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of INNOVATE include ZJK Industrial (ZJK), Smith-Midland (SMID), Acme United (ACU), Mingteng International (MTEN), Babcock (BW), Rectitude (RECT), Caesarstone (CSTE), Techprecision (TPCS), NiSun International Enterprise Development Group (NISN), and Nature Wood Group (NWGL). These companies are all part of the "construction materials" industry.

INNOVATE vs. Its Competitors

ZJK Industrial (NASDAQ:ZJK) and INNOVATE (NYSE:VATE) are both small-cap construction materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.

ZJK Industrial has a net margin of 0.00% compared to INNOVATE's net margin of -3.91%.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ZJK IndustrialN/A N/A N/A
INNOVATE -3.91%N/A -4.69%

In the previous week, INNOVATE had 5 more articles in the media than ZJK Industrial. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for INNOVATE and 2 mentions for ZJK Industrial. ZJK Industrial's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat INNOVATE's score of 0.60 indicating that ZJK Industrial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
ZJK Industrial
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
INNOVATE
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

ZJK Industrial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than INNOVATE.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ZJK Industrial$37.81M5.71N/AN/AN/A
INNOVATE$1.11B0.07-$34.60M-$3.36-1.76

34.3% of INNOVATE shares are owned by institutional investors. 55.5% of INNOVATE shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

ZJK Industrial and INNOVATE tied by winning 4 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding VATE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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VATE vs. The Competition

MetricINNOVATEDIVERSIFIED OPS IndustryMulti-Sector SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$78.75M$16.19B$14.86B$21.10B
Dividend YieldN/A4.17%3.95%3.58%
P/E Ratio-1.768.877.5327.85
Price / Sales0.074.573.8159.34
Price / Cash12.7633.7732.3823.00
Price / Book-0.492.332.054.68
Net Income-$34.60M$951.84M$922.55M$994.49M
7 Day Performance8.81%2.23%2.25%1.53%
1 Month Performance11.68%7.28%5.59%5.79%
1 Year Performance-7.34%-2.49%-2.78%11.35%

INNOVATE Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VATE
INNOVATE
0.8605 of 5 stars
$5.93
+4.0%
N/A-15.9%$78.75M$1.11B-1.763,161Trending News
ZJK
ZJK Industrial
N/A$3.62
+3.1%
N/AN/A$222.20M$37.81M0.00N/ANews Coverage
SMID
Smith-Midland
1.0008 of 5 stars
$38.00
-0.7%
N/A+15.4%$201.40M$78.51M20.54200
ACU
Acme United
3.7033 of 5 stars
$42.83
-0.4%
N/A+10.7%$162.37M$195.49M8.76650News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
MTEN
Mingteng International
N/A$17.00
+2.1%
N/A+435.4%$116.28M$10.12M0.00N/A
BW
Babcock
2.3825 of 5 stars
$1.03
-2.4%
$3.00
+192.7%
-33.6%$100.86M$717.30M-1.231,950
RECT
Rectitude
N/A$5.00
+7.5%
N/A+39.1%$72.50M$30.69M0.00N/A
CSTE
Caesarstone
2.7433 of 5 stars
$1.78
+1.7%
$6.00
+237.1%
-69.5%$61.50M$424.49M-1.311,532News Coverage
TPCS
Techprecision
0.4593 of 5 stars
$3.61
-1.4%
N/A+29.0%$35.21M$33.15M-4.06160
NISN
NiSun International Enterprise Development Group
0.5853 of 5 stars
$3.90
flat
N/A-45.3%$17.71M$340.22M0.00180Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
NWGL
Nature Wood Group
N/A$1.02
-1.0%
N/A-54.2%$16.88M$21.54M0.00114

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