ERII vs. ACMR, DM, ASTE, XMTR, DXPE, PRLB, KRNT, GRC, CECO, and OFLX
Should you be buying Energy Recovery stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Energy Recovery include ACM Research (ACMR), Desktop Metal (DM), Astec Industries (ASTE), Xometry (XMTR), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), Proto Labs (PRLB), Kornit Digital (KRNT), Gorman-Rupp (GRC), CECO Environmental (CECO), and Omega Flex (OFLX).
Energy Recovery (NASDAQ:ERII) and ACM Research (NASDAQ:ACMR) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
Energy Recovery received 137 more outperform votes than ACM Research when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.94% of users gave ACM Research an outperform vote while only 59.83% of users gave Energy Recovery an outperform vote.
Energy Recovery has a net margin of 15.38% compared to ACM Research's net margin of 13.79%. ACM Research's return on equity of 10.26% beat Energy Recovery's return on equity.
In the previous week, ACM Research had 4 more articles in the media than Energy Recovery. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for ACM Research and 2 mentions for Energy Recovery. Energy Recovery's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat ACM Research's score of 0.83 indicating that Energy Recovery is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Energy Recovery has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ACM Research has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ACM Research has higher revenue and earnings than Energy Recovery. ACM Research is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Energy Recovery, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
83.6% of Energy Recovery shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.8% of ACM Research shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Energy Recovery shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 33.6% of ACM Research 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.
Energy Recovery presently has a consensus target price of $25.33, suggesting a potential upside of 84.78%. ACM Research has a consensus target price of $31.88, suggesting a potential upside of 33.95%. Given Energy Recovery's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Energy Recovery is more favorable than ACM Research.
Summary
ACM Research beats Energy Recovery on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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