DM vs. MNTX, ERII, BOOM, IRBT, LXFR, IPAX, QUAD, IPX, GHM, and TWIN
Should you be buying Desktop Metal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Desktop Metal include Manitex International (MNTX), Energy Recovery (ERII), DMC Global (BOOM), iRobot (IRBT), Luxfer (LXFR), Inflection Point Acquisition (IPAX), Quad/Graphics (QUAD), IperionX (IPX), Graham (GHM), and Twin Disc (TWIN). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Desktop Metal (NYSE:DM) and Manitex International (NASDAQ:MNTX) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.
In the previous week, Desktop Metal had 4 more articles in the media than Manitex International. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Desktop Metal and 2 mentions for Manitex International. Manitex International's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Desktop Metal's score of 0.09 indicating that Manitex International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Desktop Metal presently has a consensus price target of $1.25, indicating a potential upside of 110.12%. Manitex International has a consensus price target of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 33.73%. Given Desktop Metal's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Desktop Metal is more favorable than Manitex International.
Desktop Metal received 55 more outperform votes than Manitex International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.18% of users gave Manitex International an outperform vote while only 57.81% of users gave Desktop Metal an outperform vote.
Manitex International has higher revenue and earnings than Desktop Metal. Desktop Metal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Manitex International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Manitex International has a net margin of 3.23% compared to Desktop Metal's net margin of -170.77%. Manitex International's return on equity of 18.93% beat Desktop Metal's return on equity.
Desktop Metal has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manitex International has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
56.3% of Desktop Metal shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.0% of Manitex International shares are held by institutional investors. 14.2% of Desktop Metal shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Manitex International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Manitex International beats Desktop Metal on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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