BOOM vs. CMCO, GHM, OFLX, FSTR, PLL, EML, HURC, NNBR, AP, and TBLT
Should you be buying DMC Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DMC Global include Columbus McKinnon (CMCO), Graham (GHM), Omega Flex (OFLX), L.B. Foster (FSTR), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), Eastern (EML), Hurco Companies (HURC), NN (NNBR), Ampco-Pittsburgh (AP), and ToughBuilt Industries (TBLT). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
DMC Global vs.
Columbus McKinnon (NASDAQ:CMCO) and DMC Global (NASDAQ:BOOM) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
Columbus McKinnon has higher revenue and earnings than DMC Global. DMC Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Columbus McKinnon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Columbus McKinnon presently has a consensus target price of $44.00, indicating a potential upside of 194.91%. DMC Global has a consensus target price of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 141.94%. Given Columbus McKinnon's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Columbus McKinnon is more favorable than DMC Global.
In the previous week, Columbus McKinnon had 2 more articles in the media than DMC Global. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Columbus McKinnon and 5 mentions for DMC Global. Columbus McKinnon's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat DMC Global's score of 0.67 indicating that Columbus McKinnon is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Columbus McKinnon has a net margin of 0.95% compared to DMC Global's net margin of -14.23%. Columbus McKinnon's return on equity of 8.64% beat DMC Global's return on equity.
96.0% of Columbus McKinnon shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.6% of DMC Global shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Columbus McKinnon shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of DMC Global shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Columbus McKinnon pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. DMC Global pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Columbus McKinnon pays out 84.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. DMC Global pays out -6.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DMC Global is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
DMC Global received 19 more outperform votes than Columbus McKinnon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.53% of users gave DMC Global an outperform vote while only 60.89% of users gave Columbus McKinnon an outperform vote.
Columbus McKinnon has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DMC Global has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Columbus McKinnon beats DMC Global on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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