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Desktop Metal (DM) Competitors

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$3.43 -0.19 (-5.25%)
(As of 12/17/2024 ET)

DM vs. OUST, GENC, YIBO, TAYD, PPIH, PDYN, DTI, AZ, PFIE, and MNTX

Should you be buying Desktop Metal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Desktop Metal include Ouster (OUST), Gencor Industries (GENC), Planet Image International (YIBO), Taylor Devices (TAYD), Perma-Pipe International (PPIH), Palladyne AI (PDYN), Drilling Tools International (DTI), A2Z Smart Technologies (AZ), Profire Energy (PFIE), and Manitex International (MNTX). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.

Desktop Metal vs.

Ouster (NYSE:OUST) and Desktop Metal (NYSE:DM) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Desktop Metal received 338 more outperform votes than Ouster when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.89% of users gave Ouster an outperform vote while only 57.34% of users gave Desktop Metal an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
OusterOutperform Votes
33
57.89%
Underperform Votes
24
42.11%
Desktop MetalOutperform Votes
371
57.34%
Underperform Votes
276
42.66%

Ouster has a net margin of -106.50% compared to Desktop Metal's net margin of -217.20%. Desktop Metal's return on equity of -44.48% beat Ouster's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ouster-106.50% -65.17% -37.02%
Desktop Metal -217.20%-44.48%-18.75%

Ouster currently has a consensus target price of $13.17, suggesting a potential upside of 19.70%. Desktop Metal has a consensus target price of $5.50, suggesting a potential upside of 60.35%. Given Desktop Metal's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Desktop Metal is more favorable than Ouster.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ouster
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Desktop Metal
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

31.5% of Ouster shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.3% of Desktop Metal shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.8% of Ouster shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.2% of Desktop Metal shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Ouster had 38 more articles in the media than Desktop Metal. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Ouster and 4 mentions for Desktop Metal. Desktop Metal's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Ouster's score of 0.29 indicating that Desktop Metal is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ouster
9 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
8 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Desktop Metal
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Desktop Metal has higher revenue and earnings than Ouster. Ouster 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
Ouster$105.45M5.19-$374.11M-$2.57-4.28
Desktop Metal$168.28M0.68-$323.27M-$11.20-0.31

Ouster has a beta of 2.5, meaning that its stock price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Desktop Metal has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Desktop Metal beats Ouster on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$114.36M$18.39B$9.62B$19.60B
Dividend YieldN/A1.58%2.02%3.50%
P/E Ratio-0.3119.5221.7243.92
Price / Sales0.687.375.2417.46
Price / Cash2.3422.6519.2921.72
Price / Book0.463.834.605.46
Net Income-$323.27M$565.95M$398.18M$986.21M
7 Day Performance-12.50%0.99%-1.78%-2.12%
1 Month Performance-23.78%3.27%3.77%1.30%
1 Year Performance-53.32%4.03%28.01%16.47%

Desktop Metal Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DM
Desktop Metal
2.4785 of 5 stars
$3.43
-5.2%
$5.50
+60.3%
-53.3%$114.36M$168.28M-0.31950Short Interest ↓
OUST
Ouster
1.3463 of 5 stars
$9.24
+1.8%
$13.17
+42.5%
+60.4%$459.88M$105.45M-3.53290Insider Trade
Gap Up
GENC
Gencor Industries
N/A$21.20
-1.9%
N/A+26.5%$310.79M$113.12M19.55370Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
YIBO
Planet Image International
N/A$3.55
-1.1%
N/AN/A$191.27M$150.22M0.001,248Positive News
Gap Up
TAYD
Taylor Devices
0.4616 of 5 stars
$43.78
+0.1%
N/A+78.5%$136.59M$44.58M15.09120News Coverage
Positive News
PPIH
Perma-Pipe International
1.0767 of 5 stars
$15.83
-3.3%
N/A+104.8%$126.29M$157.70M8.39610News Coverage
PDYN
Palladyne AI
0.856 of 5 stars
$4.07
+17.3%
N/AN/A$122.56M$7.77M-1.8870News Coverage
High Trading Volume
DTI
Drilling Tools International
1.8216 of 5 stars
$3.53
+0.9%
$4.25
+20.4%
+5.2%$122.53M$152.03M12.79394
AZ
A2Z Smart Technologies
1.4494 of 5 stars
$7.18
+2.0%
N/A+143.3%$118.34M$6.63M-14.0860Short Interest ↓
Positive News
PFIE
Profire Energy
1.4911 of 5 stars
$2.54
flat
$2.55
+0.4%
+65.4%$117.35M$60.02M14.11100Positive News
MNTX
Manitex International
0.9673 of 5 stars
$5.74
-0.3%
$5.80
+1.0%
-25.0%$117.08M$294.78M12.46510

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This page (NYSE:DM) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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