Art’s-Way Manufacturing (ARTW) & Its Rivals Head to Head Analysis

Art’s-Way Manufacturing (NASDAQ:ARTW) is one of 434 publicly-traded companies in the “Machinery” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Art’s-Way Manufacturing to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings, valuation and risk.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

2.9% of Art’s-Way Manufacturing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.2% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are held by institutional investors. 51.5% of Art’s-Way Manufacturing shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.9% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Art’s-Way Manufacturing and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Art’s-Way Manufacturing	-0.08%	-0.16%	-0.10%
Art’s-Way Manufacturing Competitors	-1,946.96%	-10.16%	0.86%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Art’s-Way Manufacturing and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Art’s-Way Manufacturing	1	0	0	0	1.00
Art’s-Way Manufacturing Competitors	4085	14488	17901	777	2.41

As a group, “Machinery” companies have a potential upside of 31.26%. Given Art’s-Way Manufacturing’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Art’s-Way Manufacturing has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Art’s-Way Manufacturing and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Art’s-Way Manufacturing	$22.98 million	$1.03 million	-332.00
Art’s-Way Manufacturing Competitors	$4.52 billion	$348.34 million	-21.67

Art’s-Way Manufacturing’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Art’s-Way Manufacturing. Art’s-Way Manufacturing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Risk and Volatility

Art’s-Way Manufacturing has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Art’s-Way Manufacturing’s rivals have a beta of 4.35, indicating that their average stock price is 335% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Art’s-Way Manufacturing rivals beat Art’s-Way Manufacturing on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

Art’s-Way Manufacturing Company Profile

Art’s-Way Manufacturing Co., Inc. manufactures and distributes farm equipment products. It operates through the Agricultural Products, and Modular Buildings segments. The Agricultural Products segment manufactures a variety of specialized farm machinery under its own label including portable and stationary animal feed processing equipment and related attachments used to mill and mix feed grains into custom animal feed rations, a line of forage equipment consisting of forage boxes, bale processors, running gear, and dump boxes, a line of manure spreaders, sugar beet harvesting equipment, and a line of dirt work equipment. The Modular Buildings segment produces and sells modular buildings, which are custom designed to meet the specific research needs of its customers. It also provides services relating to the design, manufacturing, delivery, installation and renting of the building units that it produces. The company was founded by Arthur Luscombe in 1956 and is headquartered in Armstrong, IA.