TPCS vs. GIFI, VATE, VMI, ACA, PRLB, MNTX, TSE, UFI, ARC, and HURC
Should you be buying TechPrecision stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TechPrecision include Gulf Island Fabrication (GIFI), INNOVATE (VATE), Valmont Industries (VMI), Arcosa (ACA), Proto Labs (PRLB), Manitex International (MNTX), Trinseo (TSE), Unifi (UFI), ARC Document Solutions (ARC), and Hurco Companies (HURC).
Gulf Island Fabrication (NASDAQ:GIFI) and TechPrecision (NASDAQ:TPCS) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
TechPrecision has a net margin of -9.59% compared to TechPrecision's net margin of -14.27%. Gulf Island Fabrication's return on equity of -21.25% beat TechPrecision's return on equity.
TechPrecision has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Gulf Island Fabrication. TechPrecision is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gulf Island Fabrication, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gulf Island Fabrication received 137 more outperform votes than TechPrecision when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.10% of users gave Gulf Island Fabrication an outperform vote while only 62.22% of users gave TechPrecision an outperform vote.
Gulf Island Fabrication has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TechPrecision has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Gulf Island Fabrication had 3 more articles in the media than TechPrecision. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Gulf Island Fabrication and 2 mentions for TechPrecision. Gulf Island Fabrication's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat TechPrecision's score of 1.07 indicating that TechPrecision is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
46.4% of Gulf Island Fabrication shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.5% of TechPrecision shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.1% of Gulf Island Fabrication shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of TechPrecision shares are owned 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.
Summary
Gulf Island Fabrication beats TechPrecision on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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