MKFG vs. IMMR, RDCM, ALOT, INVE, TACT, PANW, FTNT, LOGI, XRX, and CRSR
Should you be buying Markforged stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Markforged include Immersion (IMMR), RADCOM (RDCM), AstroNova (ALOT), Identiv (INVE), TransAct Technologies (TACT), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), Fortinet (FTNT), Logitech International (LOGI), Xerox (XRX), and Corsair Gaming (CRSR). These companies are all part of the "computer peripheral equipment, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Markforged (NYSE:MKFG) and Immersion (NASDAQ:IMMR) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Markforged has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Immersion has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Immersion had 6 more articles in the media than Markforged. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Immersion and 0 mentions for Markforged. Immersion's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Markforged's score of 0.00 indicating that Immersion is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Immersion has a net margin of 62.74% compared to Markforged's net margin of -133.52%. Immersion's return on equity of 24.50% beat Markforged's return on equity.
Markforged currently has a consensus target price of $1.33, suggesting a potential upside of 217.23%. Immersion has a consensus target price of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.11%. Given Markforged's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Markforged is more favorable than Immersion.
87.3% of Markforged shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.6% of Immersion shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.7% of Markforged shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Immersion shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Immersion received 412 more outperform votes than Markforged when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.77% of users gave Immersion an outperform vote while only 35.71% of users gave Markforged an outperform vote.
Immersion has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Markforged. Markforged is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Immersion, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Immersion beats Markforged on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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