KE vs. NNDM, ELTK, SGMA, BHE, CTS, TTMI, CGNT, RBBN, CLFD, and EB
Should you be buying Kimball Electronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kimball Electronics include Nano Dimension (NNDM), Eltek (ELTK), SigmaTron International (SGMA), Benchmark Electronics (BHE), CTS (CTS), TTM Technologies (TTMI), Cognyte Software (CGNT), Ribbon Communications (RBBN), Clearfield (CLFD), and Eventbrite (EB). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Kimball Electronics (NASDAQ:KE) and Nano Dimension (NASDAQ:NNDM) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.
Kimball Electronics received 80 more outperform votes than Nano Dimension when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.99% of users gave Kimball Electronics an outperform vote while only 60.71% of users gave Nano Dimension an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Kimball Electronics had 20 more articles in the media than Nano Dimension. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Kimball Electronics and 3 mentions for Nano Dimension. Nano Dimension's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Kimball Electronics' score of -0.06 indicating that Nano Dimension is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kimball Electronics has a net margin of 1.81% compared to Nano Dimension's net margin of -96.87%. Kimball Electronics' return on equity of 8.70% beat Nano Dimension's return on equity.
Kimball Electronics has higher revenue and earnings than Nano Dimension. Nano Dimension is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kimball Electronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
76.0% of Kimball Electronics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.9% of Nano Dimension shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Kimball Electronics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of Nano Dimension shares are held 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.
Kimball Electronics presently has a consensus target price of $33.33, suggesting a potential upside of 45.94%. Given Kimball Electronics' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Kimball Electronics is more favorable than Nano Dimension.
Kimball Electronics has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nano Dimension has a beta of 1.79, suggesting that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Kimball Electronics beats Nano Dimension on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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