CLIR vs. FCUV, HURC, SYPR, SMIT, DHR, ROP, AME, FTV, KEYS, and MKSI
Should you be buying ClearSign Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ClearSign Technologies include Focus Universal (FCUV), Hurco Companies (HURC), Sypris Solutions (SYPR), Schmitt Industries (SMIT), Danaher (DHR), Roper Technologies (ROP), AMETEK (AME), Fortive (FTV), Keysight Technologies (KEYS), and MKS Instruments (MKSI). These companies are all part of the "process control instruments" industry.
Focus Universal (NASDAQ:FCUV) and ClearSign Technologies (NASDAQ:CLIR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.
Focus Universal has a beta of -0.19, indicating that its share price is 119% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ClearSign Technologies has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ClearSign Technologies has a net margin of -186.63% compared to ClearSign Technologies' net margin of -475.82%. Focus Universal's return on equity of -85.65% beat ClearSign Technologies' return on equity.
4.4% of Focus Universal shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.0% of ClearSign Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 57.5% of Focus Universal shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.9% of ClearSign Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
ClearSign Technologies received 107 more outperform votes than Focus Universal when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.77% of users gave Focus Universal an outperform vote while only 46.04% of users gave ClearSign Technologies an outperform vote.
Focus Universal has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ClearSign Technologies. ClearSign Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Focus Universal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, ClearSign Technologies had 12 more articles in the media than Focus Universal. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for ClearSign Technologies and 2 mentions for Focus Universal. Focus Universal's average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat ClearSign Technologies' score of 0.00 indicating that ClearSign Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ClearSign Technologies has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 622.98%. Given Focus Universal's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ClearSign Technologies is more favorable than Focus Universal.
Summary
ClearSign Technologies beats Focus Universal on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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