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Electro-Sensors (ELSE) Competitors

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ELSE vs. CLIR, SYPR, SMIT, DHR, ROP, AME, KEYS, FTV, CGNX, and MKSI

Should you be buying Electro-Sensors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Electro-Sensors include ClearSign Technologies (CLIR), Sypris Solutions (SYPR), Schmitt Industries (SMIT), Danaher (DHR), Roper Technologies (ROP), AMETEK (AME), Keysight Technologies (KEYS), Fortive (FTV), Cognex (CGNX), and MKS Instruments (MKSI). These companies are all part of the "process control instruments" industry.

Electro-Sensors vs.

Electro-Sensors (NASDAQ:ELSE) and ClearSign Technologies (NASDAQ:CLIR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and risk.

Electro-Sensors has higher revenue and earnings than ClearSign Technologies. ClearSign Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Electro-Sensors, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Electro-Sensors$8.56M1.58$280K$0.0665.84
ClearSign Technologies$2.51M17.53-$5.19M-$0.12-7.29

11.7% of Electro-Sensors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.0% of ClearSign Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 13.3% of Electro-Sensors shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.9% of ClearSign Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Electro-Sensors and Electro-Sensors both had 2 articles in the media. Electro-Sensors' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled ClearSign Technologies'average media sentiment score.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Electro-Sensors
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
ClearSign Technologies
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Electro-Sensors has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ClearSign Technologies has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Electro-Sensors has a net margin of 2.38% compared to ClearSign Technologies' net margin of -210.18%. Electro-Sensors' return on equity of 1.53% beat ClearSign Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Electro-Sensors2.38% 1.53% 1.45%
ClearSign Technologies -210.18%-66.91%-51.30%

ClearSign Technologies received 62 more outperform votes than Electro-Sensors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 43.55% of users gave ClearSign Technologies an outperform vote while only 32.97% of users gave Electro-Sensors an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Electro-SensorsOutperform Votes
90
32.97%
Underperform Votes
183
67.03%
ClearSign TechnologiesOutperform Votes
152
43.55%
Underperform Votes
197
56.45%

ClearSign Technologies has a consensus target price of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 585.71%. Given ClearSign Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ClearSign Technologies is more favorable than Electro-Sensors.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Electro-Sensors
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
ClearSign Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

ClearSign Technologies beats Electro-Sensors on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ELSE vs. The Competition

MetricElectro-SensorsProcess control instruments IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$13.55M$20.64B$23.96B$8.53B
Dividend YieldN/A0.71%2.74%4.14%
P/E Ratio65.84170.55252.9015.23
Price / Sales1.584.713,725.3597.74
Price / Cash36.2316.3332.0434.10
Price / Book0.993.496.975.07
Net Income$280,000.00$432.15M$670.43M$225.46M

Electro-Sensors Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ELSE
Electro-Sensors
1.5506 of 5 stars
$3.95
+1.3%
N/A+5.3%$13.55M$8.56M65.8437Analyst Forecast
CLIR
ClearSign Technologies
2.2978 of 5 stars
$0.88
+1.2%
$6.00
+585.7%
+5.4%$43.93M$2.51M-7.2910Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
SYPR
Sypris Solutions
0.6261 of 5 stars
$1.36
+3.0%
N/A-27.7%$30.33M$139.39M-7.56680Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
SMIT
Schmitt Industries
N/A$0.02
flat
N/AN/A$80,000.00$9.89M0.00157Negative News
DHR
Danaher
4.9184 of 5 stars
$247.82
+0.9%
$287.16
+15.9%
+30.4%$178.99B$23.74B47.2963,000Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
ROP
Roper Technologies
4.3006 of 5 stars
$540.91
+0.6%
$620.80
+14.8%
+11.0%$58.00B$6.18B39.5716,800
AME
AMETEK
4.4061 of 5 stars
$178.43
-2.7%
$195.00
+9.3%
+25.3%$42.45B$6.82B31.0921,500Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
KEYS
Keysight Technologies
4.4799 of 5 stars
$151.55
+1.7%
$167.67
+10.6%
+25.5%$26.30B$5.00B29.1414,900
FTV
Fortive
4.7482 of 5 stars
$71.34
-0.1%
$88.20
+23.6%
+9.5%$24.99B$6.07B28.4218,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
CGNX
Cognex
4.7904 of 5 stars
$40.41
+0.4%
$49.17
+21.7%
+16.2%$6.93B$881.50M77.712,992Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
MKSI
MKS Instruments
4.982 of 5 stars
$100.60
+1.3%
$141.09
+40.2%
+52.9%$6.77B$3.62B914.5510,200Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:ELSE) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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