DMRC vs. EBF, ITRN, KRT, RBBN, ACCO, MYE, OSPN, EAF, MTW, and TWI
Should you be buying Digimarc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Digimarc include Ennis (EBF), Ituran Location and Control (ITRN), Karat Packaging (KRT), Ribbon Communications (RBBN), ACCO Brands (ACCO), Myers Industries (MYE), OneSpan (OSPN), GrafTech International (EAF), Manitowoc (MTW), and Titan International (TWI).
Digimarc (NASDAQ:DMRC) and Ennis (NYSE:EBF) 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 analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, Digimarc had 1 more articles in the media than Ennis. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Digimarc and 8 mentions for Ennis. Digimarc's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Ennis' score of 0.01 indicating that Digimarc is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ennis has a net margin of 10.14% compared to Digimarc's net margin of -114.38%. Ennis' return on equity of 12.36% beat Digimarc's return on equity.
Digimarc has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ennis has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Digimarc presently has a consensus price target of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.98%. Given Digimarc's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Digimarc is more favorable than Ennis.
Digimarc received 170 more outperform votes than Ennis when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.02% of users gave Ennis an outperform vote while only 66.74% of users gave Digimarc an outperform vote.
66.9% of Digimarc shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.3% of Ennis shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.3% of Digimarc shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Ennis shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ennis has higher revenue and earnings than Digimarc. Digimarc is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ennis, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Ennis beats Digimarc on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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