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Desktop Metal (DM) Competitors

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$4.50 -0.08 (-1.75%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

DM vs. HSAI, AIRJ, OUST, GENC, YIBO, TAYD, DTI, MNTX, PFIE, and PPIH

Should you be buying Desktop Metal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Desktop Metal include Hesai Group (HSAI), Montana Technologies (AIRJ), Ouster (OUST), Gencor Industries (GENC), Planet Image International (YIBO), Taylor Devices (TAYD), Drilling Tools International (DTI), Manitex International (MNTX), Profire Energy (PFIE), and Perma-Pipe International (PPIH). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.

Desktop Metal vs.

Hesai Group (NASDAQ:HSAI) and Desktop Metal (NYSE:DM) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

In the previous week, Hesai Group had 2 more articles in the media than Desktop Metal. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Hesai Group and 1 mentions for Desktop Metal. Desktop Metal's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Hesai Group's score of 0.71 indicating that Desktop Metal is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hesai Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Desktop Metal
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

48.5% of Hesai Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.3% of Desktop Metal shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.2% of Desktop Metal shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Hesai Group has a net margin of -25.30% compared to Desktop Metal's net margin of -217.20%. Hesai Group's return on equity of -9.22% beat Desktop Metal's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hesai Group-25.30% -9.22% -6.41%
Desktop Metal -217.20%-44.48%-18.75%

Desktop Metal has a consensus price target of $5.50, suggesting a potential upside of 22.22%. Given Desktop Metal's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Desktop Metal is more favorable than Hesai Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hesai Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Desktop Metal
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Hesai Group has higher revenue and earnings than Desktop Metal. Hesai Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Desktop Metal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hesai Group$264.37M1.96-$67.04M-$0.51-8.00
Desktop Metal$189.70M0.79-$323.27M-$11.20-0.40

Hesai Group has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Desktop Metal has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Desktop Metal received 367 more outperform votes than Hesai Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Hesai Group an outperform vote while only 57.52% of users gave Desktop Metal an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Hesai GroupOutperform Votes
4
80.00%
Underperform Votes
1
20.00%
Desktop MetalOutperform Votes
371
57.52%
Underperform Votes
274
42.48%

Summary

Hesai Group beats Desktop Metal on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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DM vs. The Competition

MetricDesktop MetalSpecial industry machinery IndustryIndustrial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$150.03M$18.53B$9.68B$19.82B
Dividend YieldN/A1.63%1.99%3.50%
P/E Ratio-0.4020.1222.2842.32
Price / Sales0.7912.927.5920.76
Price / Cash2.4523.5020.3821.65
Price / Book2.073.494.154.66
Net Income-$323.27M$595.81M$414.52M$983.45M
7 Day Performance-1.96%-4.48%-3.04%-2.12%
1 Month Performance-8.26%-8.95%0.76%-0.47%
1 Year Performance-43.16%0.34%29.83%24.69%

Desktop Metal Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DM
Desktop Metal
0.8513 of 5 stars
$4.50
-1.7%
$5.50
+22.2%
-43.2%$150.03M$189.70M-0.40950News Coverage
Positive News
HSAI
Hesai Group
0.6748 of 5 stars
$4.07
-3.3%
N/A-59.2%$517.01M$264.37M-7.981,122Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
AIRJ
Montana Technologies
1.2561 of 5 stars
$7.42
+6.2%
N/AN/A$413.89MN/A0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
News Coverage
OUST
Ouster
2.21 of 5 stars
$8.44
-3.0%
N/A+69.1%$407.91M$83.28M-3.28290Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Down
GENC
Gencor Industries
N/A$21.33
-0.4%
N/A+48.4%$312.70M$113.12M19.39370Analyst Upgrade
YIBO
Planet Image International
N/A$3.70
flat
N/AN/A$199.36M$153.28M0.001,248Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
TAYD
Taylor Devices
0.8836 of 5 stars
$43.84
-0.4%
N/A+98.1%$136.78M$44.58M15.12120
DTI
Drilling Tools International
2.0543 of 5 stars
$3.49
+0.6%
N/A-4.8%$121.14M$152.03M12.46394Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
MNTX
Manitex International
0.905 of 5 stars
$5.73
+0.4%
N/A-8.0%$116.89M$291.39M12.46510Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
PFIE
Profire Energy
1.524 of 5 stars
$2.52
flat
N/A+38.2%$116.42M$58.21M14.00100Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
PPIH
Perma-Pipe International
1.1295 of 5 stars
$14.20
-2.3%
N/A+124.8%$113.32M$150.67M7.47610News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:DM) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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