CVV vs. VLD, SNT, GFAI, APWC, FATH, AIU, CLIR, PPSI, FTEK, and AP
Should you be buying CVD Equipment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CVD Equipment include Velo3D (VLD), Senstar Technologies (SNT), Guardforce AI (GFAI), Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC), Fathom Digital Manufacturing (FATH), Meta Data (AIU), ClearSign Technologies (CLIR), Pioneer Power Solutions (PPSI), Fuel Tech (FTEK), and Ampco-Pittsburgh (AP). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Velo3D (NYSE:VLD) and CVD Equipment (NASDAQ:CVV) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, risk and earnings.
Velo3D has a beta of 2.27, meaning that its share price is 127% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CVD Equipment has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CVD Equipment received 123 more outperform votes than Velo3D when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 43.05% of users gave CVD Equipment an outperform vote while only 18.18% of users gave Velo3D an outperform vote.
CVD Equipment has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Velo3D. CVD Equipment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Velo3D, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
87.5% of Velo3D shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.6% of CVD Equipment shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.9% of Velo3D shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of CVD Equipment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
CVD Equipment has a net margin of -17.34% compared to CVD Equipment's net margin of -173.20%. Velo3D's return on equity of -13.77% beat CVD Equipment's return on equity.
In the previous week, CVD Equipment had 2 more articles in the media than Velo3D. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for CVD Equipment and 2 mentions for Velo3D. Velo3D's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat CVD Equipment's score of 0.00 indicating that CVD Equipment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
CVD Equipment beats Velo3D on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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