XMTR vs. ERII, ASTE, DXPE, PRLB, KRNT, GRC, CECO, OFLX, IIIN, and TWI
Should you be buying Xometry stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Xometry include Energy Recovery (ERII), Astec Industries (ASTE), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), Proto Labs (PRLB), Kornit Digital (KRNT), Gorman-Rupp (GRC), CECO Environmental (CECO), Omega Flex (OFLX), Insteel Industries (IIIN), and Titan International (TWI). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Xometry (NASDAQ:XMTR) and Energy Recovery (NASDAQ:ERII) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and risk.
97.3% of Xometry shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.6% of Energy Recovery shares are held by institutional investors. 19.2% of Xometry shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Energy Recovery shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Energy Recovery has a net margin of 15.38% compared to Xometry's net margin of -13.68%. Energy Recovery's return on equity of 9.82% beat Xometry's return on equity.
Energy Recovery received 328 more outperform votes than Xometry when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.83% of users gave Energy Recovery an outperform vote while only 44.00% of users gave Xometry an outperform vote.
Energy Recovery has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Xometry. Xometry is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Energy Recovery, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Xometry had 4 more articles in the media than Energy Recovery. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Xometry and 3 mentions for Energy Recovery. Energy Recovery's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Xometry's score of 0.23 indicating that Energy Recovery is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Xometry presently has a consensus price target of $24.40, indicating a potential upside of 50.34%. Energy Recovery has a consensus price target of $25.33, indicating a potential upside of 84.78%. Given Energy Recovery's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Energy Recovery is more favorable than Xometry.
Xometry has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Energy Recovery has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Energy Recovery beats Xometry on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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