Commercial Vehicle Group (NASDAQ:CVGI – Get Free Report) and Art’s-Way Manufacturing (NASDAQ:ARTW – Get Free Report) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Profitability
This table compares Commercial Vehicle Group and Art’s-Way Manufacturing’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Commercial Vehicle Group | -3.42% | -13.91% | -4.50% |
| Art’s-Way Manufacturing | -0.08% | -0.16% | -0.10% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Commercial Vehicle Group and Art’s-Way Manufacturing”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Commercial Vehicle Group | $649.00 million | 0.19 | -$22.78 million | ($0.67) | -4.42 |
| Art’s-Way Manufacturing | $22.98 million | 0.70 | $1.03 million | ($0.01) | -310.00 |
Art’s-Way Manufacturing has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Commercial Vehicle Group. Art’s-Way Manufacturing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Commercial Vehicle Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Commercial Vehicle Group and Art’s-Way Manufacturing, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Commercial Vehicle Group | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.25 |
| Art’s-Way Manufacturing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Commercial Vehicle Group presently has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 102.70%. Given Commercial Vehicle Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Commercial Vehicle Group is more favorable than Art’s-Way Manufacturing.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
72.3% of Commercial Vehicle Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.9% of Art’s-Way Manufacturing shares are held by institutional investors. 15.6% of Commercial Vehicle Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.5% of Art’s-Way Manufacturing shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Volatility & Risk
Commercial Vehicle Group has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Art’s-Way Manufacturing has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
About Commercial Vehicle Group
Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, assembles, and sells systems, assemblies, and components to commercial and electric vehicle, and industrial automation markets in North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific regions. The company operates in four segments: Vehicle Solutions, Electrical Systems, Aftermarket & Accessories, and Industrial Automation. It offers vehicle seats and seating systems, such as static, mechanical, and air suspension seats, as well as office seating products under KAB Seating, National Seating, Bostrom Seating, and Stratos brands. The company also provides thermoformed, injection molded, reaction injection molded, and decorated/hydrographic finished products; vinyl or cloth-covered appliqués; instrument panels; plastics decorating and finishing products; cab structures; and cab interiors, including armrests, grab handles, storage systems, floor coverings and mats, sleeper bunks, headliners, wall panels, and privacy curtains under the AdvancTEK brand. In addition, it offers high and low voltage electrical wire harness assemblies function as the primary electric current carrying devices used in providing electrical interconnections for gauges, lights, control functions, power circuits, powertrain and transmission sensors, emissions systems, and other electronic applications on commercial and other vehicles; and panel assemblies. Further, the company provides mirrors, wipers, and wiper systems under Bostrom, Moto Mirror, Sprague Devices, and RoadWatch brands; integrated and electro-mechanical assemblies, and cabinets. It offers its products and systems for the truck, power sports, bus, construction, mining, automotive, agricultural, mining, rail, marine, power generation, e-commerce, warehouse integration, transportation, military/defense, industrial, municipal, off-road recreational, and specialty vehicle markets. The company was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in New Albany, Ohio.
About Art’s-Way Manufacturing
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.
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