XPEL (XPEL) Competitors

Mayville Engineering (NYSE:MEC) and XPEL (NASDAQ:XPEL) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MEC or XPEL?

45.4% of Mayville Engineering shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.1% of XPEL shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.2% of Mayville Engineering shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of XPEL shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer MEC or XPEL?

Mayville Engineering presently has a consensus target price of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 45.09%. XPEL has a consensus target price of $49.00, suggesting a potential upside of 88.46%. Given XPEL's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe XPEL is more favorable than Mayville Engineering.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mayville Engineering	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
XPEL	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, MEC or XPEL?

XPEL has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Mayville Engineering. Mayville Engineering is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than XPEL, 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
Mayville Engineering	$581.60M	0.44	$7.84M	$1.24	10.00
XPEL	$420.40M	1.71	$52.80M	$1.64	15.85

Which has more volatility & risk, MEC or XPEL?

Mayville Engineering has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XPEL has a beta of 1.83, meaning that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MEC or XPEL?

Mayville Engineering received 45 more outperform votes than XPEL when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.25% of users gave Mayville Engineering an outperform vote while only 55.56% of users gave XPEL an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mayville Engineering	Outperform Votes 90 56.25%	Underperform Votes 70 43.75%
XPEL	Outperform Votes 45 55.56%	Underperform Votes 36 44.44%

Is MEC or XPEL more profitable?

XPEL has a net margin of 11.61% compared to Mayville Engineering's net margin of 2.01%. XPEL's return on equity of 24.68% beat Mayville Engineering's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mayville Engineering	2.01%	5.20%	2.51%
XPEL	11.61%	24.68%	18.58%

Does the media prefer MEC or XPEL?

In the previous week, XPEL had 4 more articles in the media than Mayville Engineering. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for XPEL and 3 mentions for Mayville Engineering. XPEL's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Mayville Engineering's score of 0.53 indicating that XPEL is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Mayville Engineering	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
XPEL	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

XPEL beats Mayville Engineering on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.