XMTR vs. KRNT, ERII, PRLB, CECO, ASTE, DXPE, GRC, OFLX, MYE, and IIIN
Should you be buying Xometry stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Xometry include Kornit Digital (KRNT), Energy Recovery (ERII), Proto Labs (PRLB), CECO Environmental (CECO), Astec Industries (ASTE), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), Gorman-Rupp (GRC), Omega Flex (OFLX), Myers Industries (MYE), and Insteel Industries (IIIN). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Xometry (NASDAQ:XMTR) and Kornit Digital (NASDAQ:KRNT) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
97.3% of Xometry shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.8% of Kornit Digital shares are held by institutional investors. 19.2% of Xometry shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Kornit Digital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Xometry has a net margin of -13.68% compared to Kornit Digital's net margin of -27.17%. Kornit Digital's return on equity of -4.31% beat Xometry's return on equity.
Xometry presently has a consensus price target of $24.40, indicating a potential upside of 47.79%. Kornit Digital has a consensus price target of $24.67, indicating a potential upside of 58.32%. Given Kornit Digital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kornit Digital is more favorable than Xometry.
Xometry has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kornit Digital has a beta of 1.88, indicating that its stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kornit Digital received 355 more outperform votes than Xometry when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.60% of users gave Kornit Digital an outperform vote while only 44.00% of users gave Xometry an outperform vote.
Kornit Digital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Xometry. Kornit Digital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Xometry, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Xometry had 9 more articles in the media than Kornit Digital. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Xometry and 10 mentions for Kornit Digital. Kornit Digital's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Xometry's score of 0.47 indicating that Kornit Digital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Kornit Digital beats Xometry on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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