CVD Equipment (CVV) Competitors

CVD Equipment (NASDAQ:CVV) and TPI Composites (NASDAQ:TPIC) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, risk and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CVV or TPIC?

TPI Composites received 229 more outperform votes than CVD Equipment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.14% of users gave TPI Composites an outperform vote while only 38.60% of users gave CVD Equipment an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CVD Equipment	Outperform Votes 127 38.60%	Underperform Votes 202 61.40%
TPI Composites	Outperform Votes 356 64.14%	Underperform Votes 199 35.86%

Which has more volatility & risk, CVV or TPIC?

CVD Equipment has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TPI Composites has a beta of 1.82, indicating that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CVV or TPIC?

CVD Equipment has higher earnings, but lower revenue than TPI Composites. CVD Equipment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TPI Composites, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CVD Equipment	$23.57M	1.04	-$4.18M	-$0.63	-5.63
TPI Composites	$1.46B	0.05	-$201.78M	-$3.75	-0.43

Does the media prefer CVV or TPIC?

In the previous week, TPI Composites had 1 more articles in the media than CVD Equipment. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for TPI Composites and 3 mentions for CVD Equipment. CVD Equipment's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat TPI Composites' score of 0.37 indicating that CVD Equipment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
CVD Equipment	Neutral
TPI Composites	Neutral

Is CVV or TPIC more profitable?

TPI Composites has a net margin of -13.03% compared to CVD Equipment's net margin of -18.26%. TPI Composites' return on equity of 0.00% beat CVD Equipment's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CVD Equipment	-18.26%	-17.10%	-12.64%
TPI Composites	-13.03%	N/A	-16.92%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CVV or TPIC?

31.6% of CVD Equipment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.2% of TPI Composites shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.8% of CVD Equipment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of TPI Composites shares are owned 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.

Do analysts recommend CVV or TPIC?

TPI Composites has a consensus target price of $4.58, indicating a potential upside of 180.67%. Given TPI Composites' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe TPI Composites is more favorable than CVD Equipment.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CVD Equipment	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
TPI Composites	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Summary

TPI Composites beats CVD Equipment on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.