ITRN vs. DMRC, KRT, EBF, ACCO, MYE, EAF, MTW, TWI, IIIN, and HDSN
Should you be buying Ituran Location and Control stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ituran Location and Control include Digimarc (DMRC), Karat Packaging (KRT), Ennis (EBF), ACCO Brands (ACCO), Myers Industries (MYE), GrafTech International (EAF), Manitowoc (MTW), Titan International (TWI), Insteel Industries (IIIN), and Hudson Technologies (HDSN). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Ituran Location and Control (NASDAQ:ITRN) and Digimarc (NASDAQ:DMRC) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
Ituran Location and Control has higher revenue and earnings than Digimarc. Digimarc is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ituran Location and Control, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ituran Location and Control currently has a consensus price target of $35.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.88%. Digimarc has a consensus price target of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.98%. Given Ituran Location and Control's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Ituran Location and Control is more favorable than Digimarc.
In the previous week, Digimarc had 7 more articles in the media than Ituran Location and Control. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Digimarc and 2 mentions for Ituran Location and Control. Ituran Location and Control's average media sentiment score of 1.83 beat Digimarc's score of 0.37 indicating that Ituran Location and Control is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ituran Location and Control has a net margin of 15.04% compared to Digimarc's net margin of -114.38%. Ituran Location and Control's return on equity of 28.61% beat Digimarc's return on equity.
94.8% of Ituran Location and Control shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.9% of Digimarc shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Ituran Location and Control shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.3% of Digimarc shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Ituran Location and Control has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Digimarc has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Digimarc received 86 more outperform votes than Ituran Location and Control when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.74% of users gave Digimarc an outperform vote while only 63.51% of users gave Ituran Location and Control an outperform vote.
Summary
Ituran Location and Control beats Digimarc on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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