Energy Recovery (ERII) Competitors

Energy Recovery (NASDAQ:ERII) and ACM Research (NASDAQ:ACMR) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Which has better valuation & earnings, ERII or ACMR?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Energy Recovery	$128.35M	6.99	$21.50M	$0.34	45.59
ACM Research	$557.72M	1.93	$77.35M	$1.32	14.15

Is ERII or ACMR more profitable?

Energy Recovery has a net margin of 14.35% compared to ACM Research's net margin of 12.38%. ACM Research's return on equity of 9.07% beat Energy Recovery's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Energy Recovery	14.35%	8.90%	7.84%
ACM Research	12.38%	9.07%	5.51%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ERII or ACMR?

Energy Recovery received 136 more outperform votes than ACM Research when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.36% of users gave ACM Research an outperform vote while only 59.83% of users gave Energy Recovery an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Energy Recovery	Outperform Votes 353 59.83%	Underperform Votes 237 40.17%
ACM Research	Outperform Votes 217 66.36%	Underperform Votes 110 33.64%

Do analysts recommend ERII or ACMR?

Energy Recovery presently has a consensus price target of $20.33, indicating a potential upside of 31.18%. ACM Research has a consensus price target of $33.00, indicating a potential upside of 76.66%. Given ACM Research's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ACM Research is more favorable than Energy Recovery.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Energy Recovery	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
ACM Research	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ERII or ACMR?

83.6% of Energy Recovery shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.8% of ACM Research shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Energy Recovery shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 31.2% of ACM Research shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer ERII or ACMR?

In the previous week, Energy Recovery had 5 more articles in the media than ACM Research. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Energy Recovery and 3 mentions for ACM Research. ACM Research's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Energy Recovery's score of 0.26 indicating that ACM Research is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Energy Recovery	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
ACM Research	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, ERII or ACMR?

Energy Recovery has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ACM Research has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

ACM Research beats Energy Recovery on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.