SHPW vs. LDWY, NXL, SPPL, KITT, SLNH, EVOL, HOLO, OMH, UPXI, and MTEK
Should you be buying Shapeways stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shapeways include Lendway (LDWY), Nexalin Technology (NXL), Simpple (SPPL), Nauticus Robotics (KITT), Soluna (SLNH), Symbolic Logic (EVOL), MicroCloud Hologram (HOLO), Ohmyhome (OMH), Upexi (UPXI), and Maris-Tech (MTEK). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Lendway (NASDAQ:LDWY) and Shapeways (NYSE:SHPW) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.
Lendway has a beta of 1.94, indicating that its share price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shapeways has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Lendway had 2 more articles in the media than Shapeways. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Lendway and 0 mentions for Shapeways. Shapeways' average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Lendway's score of 0.00 indicating that Lendway is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lendway has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Lendway's net margin of -127.43%. Shapeways' return on equity of -1.73% beat Lendway's return on equity.
6.6% of Lendway shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.7% of Shapeways shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.9% of Lendway shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 28.2% of Shapeways shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Lendway has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Shapeways. Shapeways is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lendway, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Shapeways has a consensus target price of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 176.50%. Given Lendway's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Shapeways is more favorable than Lendway.
Shapeways received 8 more outperform votes than Lendway when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Lendway beats Shapeways on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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