DM vs. MNTX, ERII, LXFR, GHM, PKOH, QUAD, IPX, NWPX, TWIN, and BOOM
Should you be buying Desktop Metal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Desktop Metal include Manitex International (MNTX), Energy Recovery (ERII), Luxfer (LXFR), Graham (GHM), Park-Ohio (PKOH), Quad/Graphics (QUAD), IperionX (IPX), Northwest Pipe (NWPX), Twin Disc (TWIN), and DMC Global (BOOM). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Manitex International (NASDAQ:MNTX) and Desktop Metal (NYSE:DM) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking and profitability.
Desktop Metal received 55 more outperform votes than Manitex International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.18% of users gave Manitex International an outperform vote while only 57.81% of users gave Desktop Metal an outperform vote.
Manitex International has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Desktop Metal has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Manitex International has higher revenue and earnings than Desktop Metal. Desktop Metal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Manitex International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Manitex International currently has a consensus target price of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 65.14%. Desktop Metal has a consensus target price of $1.25, indicating a potential upside of 52.14%. Given Desktop Metal's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Manitex International is more favorable than Desktop Metal.
46.0% of Manitex International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.3% of Desktop Metal shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of Manitex International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.9% of Desktop Metal shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Manitex International has a net margin of 2.52% compared to Manitex International's net margin of -170.41%. Desktop Metal's return on equity of 16.98% beat Manitex International's return on equity.
In the previous week, Manitex International had 4 more articles in the media than Desktop Metal. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Manitex International and 0 mentions for Desktop Metal. Desktop Metal's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Manitex International's score of 0.00 indicating that Manitex International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Manitex International beats Desktop Metal on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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