Conrad Industries (CNRD) vs. Its Rivals Financial Review

Dividends

Conrad Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Conrad Industries pays out -117.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “AEROSP/DEFENSE” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.6% and pay out 39.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Conrad Industries is clearly a better dividend stock than its competitors, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Volatility and Risk

Conrad Industries has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Conrad Industries’ competitors have a beta of 1.20, indicating that their average share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.6% of Conrad Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.5% of shares of all “AEROSP/DEFENSE” companies are owned by institutional investors. 31.5% of Conrad Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of shares of all “AEROSP/DEFENSE” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Conrad Industries and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Conrad Industries	4.28%	16.87%	9.38%
Conrad Industries Competitors	-410.26%	-70.31%	-14.00%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Conrad Industries and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Conrad Industries	$303.41 million	$11.23 million	-55.72
Conrad Industries Competitors	$18.79 billion	$730.78 million	9.81

Conrad Industries’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Conrad Industries. Conrad Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Conrad Industries beats its competitors on 6 of the 11 factors compared.

About Conrad Industries

Conrad Industries, Inc. engages in the construction, conversion, and repair of various steel and aluminum marine vessels in the United States. The company builds harbor tugs; specialty barges, such as crane, deck, ABS class, dry bulk cargo, aggregate, and well stim barges; inland tank, LPG inland tank, LPG pressure, LPG tank, and DS tank barges; and offshore support vessels, including liftboats, crew boats, offshore supply vessels, and offshore tugs, as well as other support equipment, such as deck and crane barges. It also builds inland pushboats comprising inland towboats, inland river push boats, and towboats; and ferries, which consist of passenger, and passenger and vehicle ferries. In addition, the company offers repairs and conversions, including electrical, mechanical, propulsion, and hull repairs to large-scale conversions of ships and barges; and engages in the fabrication of modular components for offshore floating production, storage, and offloading vessels, as well as drilling rigs. The company was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Morgan City, Louisiana.