ACMR vs. ERII, VECO, MNTX, IVAC, ASYS, CVV, ACLS, TASK, BASE, and PDFS Should you be buying ACM Research stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ACM Research include Energy Recovery (ERII), Veeco Instruments (VECO), Manitex International (MNTX), Intevac (IVAC), Amtech Systems (ASYS), CVD Equipment (CVV), Axcelis Technologies (ACLS), TaskUs (TASK), Couchbase (BASE), and PDF Solutions (PDFS).
ACM Research (NASDAQ:ACMR ) and Energy Recovery (NASDAQ:ERII ) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
66.8% of ACM Research shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.6% of Energy Recovery shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.6% of ACM Research shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Energy Recovery shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
ACM Research currently has a consensus price target of $31.88, indicating a potential upside of 33.95%. Energy Recovery has a consensus price target of $25.33, indicating a potential upside of 84.78%. Given Energy Recovery's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Energy Recovery is more favorable than ACM Research.
Energy Recovery received 137 more outperform votes than ACM Research when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.94% of users gave ACM Research an outperform vote while only 59.83% of users gave Energy Recovery an outperform vote.
ACM Research has higher revenue and earnings than Energy Recovery. ACM Research is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Energy Recovery, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Energy Recovery has a net margin of 15.38% compared to ACM Research's net margin of 13.79%. ACM Research's return on equity of 10.26% beat Energy Recovery's return on equity.
In the previous week, ACM Research had 4 more articles in the media than Energy Recovery. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for ACM Research and 2 mentions for Energy Recovery. Energy Recovery's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat ACM Research's score of 0.83 indicating that Energy Recovery is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ACM Research has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Energy Recovery has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary ACM Research beats Energy Recovery on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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