VATE vs. CIX, ZJK, SMID, ACU, MTEN, BW, CSTE, RECT, TPCS, and NWGL
Should you be buying INNOVATE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of INNOVATE include CompX International (CIX), ZJK Industrial (ZJK), Smith-Midland (SMID), Acme United (ACU), Mingteng International (MTEN), Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW), Caesarstone (CSTE), Rectitude (RECT), TechPrecision (TPCS), and Nature Wood Group (NWGL). These companies are all part of the "construction materials" industry.
INNOVATE vs.
CompX International (NYSE:CIX) and INNOVATE (NYSE:VATE) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, dividends and community ranking.
In the previous week, INNOVATE had 7 more articles in the media than CompX International. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for INNOVATE and 1 mentions for CompX International. CompX International's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat INNOVATE's score of 0.61 indicating that CompX International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
7.5% of CompX International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.3% of INNOVATE shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of CompX International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 55.2% of INNOVATE shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
CompX International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than INNOVATE. INNOVATE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CompX International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CompX International received 18 more outperform votes than INNOVATE when rated by MarketBeat users.
CompX International has a net margin of 12.48% compared to INNOVATE's net margin of -2.22%. CompX International's return on equity of 11.51% beat INNOVATE's return on equity.
CompX International has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, INNOVATE has a beta of 2.23, indicating that its stock price is 123% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
CompX International beats INNOVATE on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:VATE) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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