DMRC vs. MTW, RBBN, ACCO, HDSN, EBF, EAF, OSPN, CIX, ITRN, and ALTG
Should you be buying Digimarc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Digimarc include Manitowoc (MTW), Ribbon Communications (RBBN), ACCO Brands (ACCO), Hudson Technologies (HDSN), Ennis (EBF), GrafTech International (EAF), OneSpan (OSPN), CompX International (CIX), Ituran Location and Control (ITRN), and Alta Equipment Group (ALTG).
Digimarc (NASDAQ:DMRC) and Manitowoc (NYSE:MTW) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.
66.8% of Digimarc shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.7% of Manitowoc shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.5% of Digimarc shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Manitowoc shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Manitowoc had 8 more articles in the media than Digimarc. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Manitowoc and 2 mentions for Digimarc. Digimarc's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Manitowoc's score of -0.02 indicating that Digimarc is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Manitowoc has a net margin of 1.76% compared to Digimarc's net margin of -131.87%. Manitowoc's return on equity of 9.44% beat Digimarc's return on equity.
Digimarc pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Manitowoc pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Digimarc pays out -19.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Manitowoc pays out 7.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Digimarc is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Digimarc presently has a consensus price target of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.71%. Manitowoc has a consensus price target of $16.83, indicating a potential upside of 33.18%. Given Manitowoc's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Manitowoc is more favorable than Digimarc.
Digimarc has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manitowoc has a beta of 2.04, indicating that its share price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Manitowoc received 120 more outperform votes than Digimarc when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.01% of users gave Digimarc an outperform vote while only 56.39% of users gave Manitowoc an outperform vote.
Manitowoc has higher revenue and earnings than Digimarc. Digimarc is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Manitowoc, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Manitowoc beats Digimarc on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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