MKFG vs. UFI, ACNT, VTNR, TSE, RSSS, DNMR, HURC, ARC, FTEL, and LAKE
Should you be buying Markforged stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Markforged include Unifi (UFI), Ascent Industries (ACNT), Vertex Energy (VTNR), Trinseo (TSE), Research Solutions (RSSS), Danimer Scientific (DNMR), Hurco Companies (HURC), ARC Document Solutions (ARC), Fitell (FTEL), and Lakeland Industries (LAKE). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Unifi (NYSE:UFI) and Markforged (NYSE:MKFG) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.
In the previous week, Unifi had 7 more articles in the media than Markforged. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Unifi and 2 mentions for Markforged. Markforged's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Unifi's score of -0.37 indicating that Unifi is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Unifi has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Markforged has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Markforged has a consensus target price of $1.33, suggesting a potential upside of 189.79%. Given Unifi's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Markforged is more favorable than Unifi.
Unifi received 195 more outperform votes than Markforged when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.69% of users gave Unifi an outperform vote while only 35.71% of users gave Markforged an outperform vote.
Unifi has a net margin of -10.19% compared to Unifi's net margin of -133.52%. Markforged's return on equity of -15.15% beat Unifi's return on equity.
Unifi has higher revenue and earnings than Markforged. Unifi is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Markforged, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
67.7% of Unifi shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of Markforged shares are held by institutional investors. 12.9% of Unifi shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.5% of Markforged shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Unifi beats Markforged on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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