BOOM vs. QUAD, CIX, IPAX, ALTG, DM, GHM, IPX, ADN, TWIN, and TPIC
Should you be buying DMC Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DMC Global include Quad/Graphics (QUAD), CompX International (CIX), Inflection Point Acquisition (IPAX), Alta Equipment Group (ALTG), Desktop Metal (DM), Graham (GHM), IperionX (IPX), Advent Technologies (ADN), Twin Disc (TWIN), and TPI Composites (TPIC). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
DMC Global (NASDAQ:BOOM) and Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) 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 institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.
DMC Global has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quad/Graphics has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
DMC Global has a net margin of 3.61% compared to Quad/Graphics' net margin of -2.07%. Quad/Graphics' return on equity of 18.67% beat DMC Global's return on equity.
DMC Global received 29 more outperform votes than Quad/Graphics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.24% of users gave Quad/Graphics an outperform vote while only 63.79% of users gave DMC Global an outperform vote.
DMC Global currently has a consensus price target of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 83.21%. Quad/Graphics has a consensus price target of $8.50, suggesting a potential upside of 71.37%. Given DMC Global's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe DMC Global is more favorable than Quad/Graphics.
In the previous week, DMC Global had 2 more articles in the media than Quad/Graphics. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for DMC Global and 0 mentions for Quad/Graphics. DMC Global's average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat Quad/Graphics' score of 0.00 indicating that DMC Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.
DMC Global has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Quad/Graphics. Quad/Graphics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DMC Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
77.6% of DMC Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.5% of Quad/Graphics shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of DMC Global shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of Quad/Graphics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
DMC Global beats Quad/Graphics on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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