SMXT vs. MTRX, AMRC, GPRK, TTI, NOVA, BRY, SD, REPX, METC, and SPWR
Should you be buying SolarMax Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SolarMax Technology include Matrix Service (MTRX), Ameresco (AMRC), GeoPark (GPRK), TETRA Technologies (TTI), Sunnova Energy International (NOVA), Berry (BRY), SandRidge Energy (SD), Riley Exploration Permian (REPX), Ramaco Resources (METC), and SunPower (SPWR). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
SolarMax Technology (NASDAQ:SMXT) and Matrix Service (NASDAQ:MTRX) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
SolarMax Technology has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Matrix Service.
SolarMax Technology has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Matrix Service's net margin of -2.81%. SolarMax Technology's return on equity of 0.00% beat Matrix Service's return on equity.
78.4% of Matrix Service shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Matrix Service shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Matrix Service received 285 more outperform votes than SolarMax Technology when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Matrix Service had 3 more articles in the media than SolarMax Technology. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Matrix Service and 3 mentions for SolarMax Technology. Matrix Service's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat SolarMax Technology's score of 0.50 indicating that Matrix Service is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Matrix Service has a consensus price target of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 33.81%. Given Matrix Service's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Matrix Service is more favorable than SolarMax Technology.
Summary
Matrix Service beats SolarMax Technology on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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