NTIC vs. MEC, NTG, SMR, XPEL, AZZ, CLW, LAAC, MERC, MUX, and ZEUS
Should you be buying Northern Technologies International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northern Technologies International include Mayville Engineering (MEC), Tortoise Midstream Energy Fund (NTG), NuScale Power (SMR), XPEL (XPEL), AZZ (AZZ), Clearwater Paper (CLW), Lithium Americas (Argentina) (LAAC), Mercer International (MERC), McEwen Mining (MUX), and Olympic Steel (ZEUS).
Northern Technologies International vs.
Northern Technologies International (NASDAQ:NTIC) and Mayville Engineering (NYSE:MEC) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Northern Technologies International has a net margin of 5.89% compared to Mayville Engineering's net margin of 2.01%. Northern Technologies International's return on equity of 7.48% beat Mayville Engineering's return on equity.
Northern Technologies International has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mayville Engineering has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
32.9% of Northern Technologies International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.4% of Mayville Engineering shares are held by institutional investors. 24.3% of Northern Technologies International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Mayville Engineering shares are held by company 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.
Northern Technologies International received 92 more outperform votes than Mayville Engineering when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.70% of users gave Mayville Engineering an outperform vote while only 51.72% of users gave Northern Technologies International an outperform vote.
Northern Technologies International currently has a consensus price target of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 55.04%. Mayville Engineering has a consensus price target of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.38%. Given Northern Technologies International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Northern Technologies International is more favorable than Mayville Engineering.
Mayville Engineering has higher revenue and earnings than Northern Technologies International. Northern Technologies International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mayville Engineering, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Northern Technologies International had 5 more articles in the media than Mayville Engineering. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Northern Technologies International and 0 mentions for Mayville Engineering. Northern Technologies International's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Mayville Engineering's score of 0.00 indicating that Northern Technologies International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Northern Technologies International beats Mayville Engineering on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:NTIC) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff