Smith-Midland (SMID) Competitors

Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. (NYSE:CPAC) and Smith-Midland (NASDAQ:SMID) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.

Do analysts prefer CPAC or SMID?

Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. presently has a consensus price target of $6.40, suggesting a potential downside of 9.99%. Given Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.'s higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. is more favorable than Smith-Midland.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Smith-Midland	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CPAC or SMID?

49.9% of Smith-Midland shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Smith-Midland shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings & valuation, CPAC or SMID?

Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. has higher revenue and earnings than Smith-Midland. Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Smith-Midland, 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
Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.	$527.09M	1.14	$53M	$0.62	11.47
Smith-Midland	$91.00M	2.20	$7.68M	$2.27	16.62

Is CPAC or SMID more profitable?

Smith-Midland has a net margin of 13.24% compared to Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.'s net margin of 10.51%. Smith-Midland's return on equity of 27.32% beat Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.	10.51%	16.60%	6.62%
Smith-Midland	13.24%	27.32%	16.59%

Does the media prefer CPAC or SMID?

In the previous week, Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. had 1 more articles in the media than Smith-Midland. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. and 0 mentions for Smith-Midland. Smith-Midland's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.'s score of -1.00 indicating that Smith-Midland is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.	Negative
Smith-Midland	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, CPAC or SMID?

Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Smith-Midland has a beta of 1.71, meaning that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Smith-Midland beats Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.