BOOM vs. NWPX, IPX, GHM, PKOH, ALTG, DM, LXFR, IRBT, CIX, and QUAD
Should you be buying DMC Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DMC Global include Northwest Pipe (NWPX), IperionX (IPX), Graham (GHM), Park-Ohio (PKOH), Alta Equipment Group (ALTG), Desktop Metal (DM), Luxfer (LXFR), iRobot (IRBT), CompX International (CIX), and Quad/Graphics (QUAD). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
DMC Global (NASDAQ:BOOM) and Northwest Pipe (NASDAQ:NWPX) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.
77.6% of DMC Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of Northwest Pipe shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of DMC Global shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Northwest Pipe shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
DMC Global has higher revenue and earnings than Northwest Pipe. DMC Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northwest Pipe, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
DMC Global received 26 more outperform votes than Northwest Pipe when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.85% of users gave DMC Global an outperform vote while only 57.86% of users gave Northwest Pipe an outperform vote.
In the previous week, DMC Global had 2 more articles in the media than Northwest Pipe. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for DMC Global and 10 mentions for Northwest Pipe. Northwest Pipe's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat DMC Global's score of 0.19 indicating that Northwest Pipe is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
DMC Global has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northwest Pipe has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
DMC Global currently has a consensus target price of $27.00, suggesting a potential upside of 97.95%. Northwest Pipe has a consensus target price of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.25%. Given DMC Global's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe DMC Global is more favorable than Northwest Pipe.
Northwest Pipe has a net margin of 5.22% compared to DMC Global's net margin of 3.61%. DMC Global's return on equity of 8.24% beat Northwest Pipe's return on equity.
Summary
DMC Global beats Northwest Pipe on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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