Smith-Midland (SMID) Competitors

Smith-Midland (OTCMKTS:SMID) and Nobility Homes (OTCMKTS:NOBH) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and community ranking.

Is SMID or NOBH more profitable?

Nobility Homes has a net margin of 16.46% compared to Smith-Midland's net margin of 1.90%. Nobility Homes' return on equity of 21.93% beat Smith-Midland's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Smith-Midland	1.90%	3.03%	1.82%
Nobility Homes	16.46%	21.93%	16.68%

Do analysts rate SMID or NOBH?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Smith-Midland	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Nobility Homes	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SMID or NOBH?

Nobility Homes has higher revenue and earnings than Smith-Midland. Nobility Homes 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
Smith-Midland	$50.13 million	1.89	$800 thousand	$0.19	94.74
Nobility Homes	$51.52 million	1.64	$7.23 million	$3.13	7.99

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SMID or NOBH?

Nobility Homes received 20 more outperform votes than Smith-Midland when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.65% of users gave Nobility Homes an outperform vote while only 64.86% of users gave Smith-Midland an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Smith-Midland	Outperform Votes 72 64.86%	Underperform Votes 39 35.14%
Nobility Homes	Outperform Votes 92 67.65%	Underperform Votes 44 32.35%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in SMID or NOBH?

38.5% of Smith-Midland shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.0% of Nobility Homes shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of Smith-Midland shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 66.9% of Nobility Homes shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, SMID or NOBH?

Smith-Midland has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nobility Homes has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to SMID or NOBH?

In the previous week, Nobility Homes had 3 more articles in the media than Smith-Midland. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Nobility Homes and 0 mentions for Smith-Midland. Nobility Homes' average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Smith-Midland's score of 0.00 indicating that Nobility Homes is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Smith-Midland	Neutral
Nobility Homes	Neutral

Summary

Nobility Homes beats Smith-Midland on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.