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Desktop Metal (DM) Competitors

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$2.19 -0.24 (-9.67%)
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DM vs. GENC, PDYN, AZ, RR, YIBO, MNTX, PFIE, DTI, PPIH, and TAYD

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

Desktop Metal vs.

Gencor Industries (NASDAQ:GENC) and Desktop Metal (NYSE:DM) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability and dividends.

Desktop Metal received 356 more outperform votes than Gencor Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.22% of users gave Gencor Industries an outperform vote while only 57.34% of users gave Desktop Metal an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Gencor IndustriesOutperform Votes
15
65.22%
Underperform Votes
8
34.78%
Desktop MetalOutperform Votes
371
57.34%
Underperform Votes
276
42.66%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Gencor Industries$105.07M2.31$14.67M$1.1015.06
Desktop Metal$189.70M0.39-$323.27M-$11.20-0.20

Gencor Industries has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Desktop Metal has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Desktop Metal has a consensus price target of $5.50, indicating a potential upside of 150.57%. Given Desktop Metal's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Desktop Metal is more favorable than Gencor Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Gencor Industries
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

56.3% of Desktop Metal shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.5% of Gencor Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.2% of Desktop Metal shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Gencor Industries has a net margin of 14.33% compared to Desktop Metal's net margin of -217.20%. Gencor Industries' return on equity of 8.60% beat Desktop Metal's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Gencor Industries14.33% 8.60% 8.01%
Desktop Metal -217.20%-44.48%-18.75%

In the previous week, Gencor Industries and Gencor Industries both had 1 articles in the media. Desktop Metal's average media sentiment score of -0.30 beat Gencor Industries' score of -1.08 indicating that Desktop Metal is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Gencor Industries Negative
Desktop Metal Neutral

Summary

Gencor Industries beats Desktop Metal on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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DM vs. The Competition

MetricDesktop MetalSpecial industry machinery IndustryIndustrial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$73.18M$20.61B$9.71B$19.90B
Dividend YieldN/A1.63%2.19%3.71%
P/E Ratio-0.2019.7721.7141.44
Price / Sales0.398.804.6417.08
Price / Cash1.6924.3918.4019.84
Price / Book0.303.744.775.73
Net Income-$323.27M$589.74M$403.01M$993.95M
7 Day Performance-19.00%0.64%3.76%3.14%
1 Month Performance-36.01%-1.95%0.84%1.89%
1 Year Performance-62.64%2.51%41.36%19.67%

Desktop Metal Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DM
Desktop Metal
1.4919 of 5 stars
$2.20
-9.7%
$5.50
+150.6%
-62.6%$73.18M$189.70M-0.201,370Short Interest ↑
GENC
Gencor Industries
N/A$15.01
-3.2%
N/A+6.3%$220.05M$113.12M13.65370Gap Down
PDYN
Palladyne AI
0.8937 of 5 stars
$7.30
+0.1%
N/AN/A$219.82M$7.77M-3.3870Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
AZ
A2Z Smart Technologies
1.5897 of 5 stars
$6.54
-3.7%
N/A+159.3%$179.48M$6.63M-13.0860Short Interest ↓
Positive News
RR
Richtech Robotics
0.4727 of 5 stars
$2.20
-21.7%
N/A-59.9%$174.37M$9.11M0.0051Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Gap Down
YIBO
Planet Image International
N/A$3.22
+1.3%
N/AN/A$173.50M$153.28M0.001,248Short Interest ↓
Positive News
MNTX
Manitex International
0.9413 of 5 stars
$5.80
+0.2%
$5.80
-27.5%$118.30M$294.78M12.61510Analyst Forecast
PFIE
Profire Energy
1.4379 of 5 stars
$2.54
flat
$2.55
+0.4%
+66.0%$117.35M$60.02M14.11100Positive News
DTI
Drilling Tools International
2.8762 of 5 stars
$3.29
flat
$4.25
+29.2%
+30.3%$117.10M$149.79M11.75394Positive News
PPIH
Perma-Pipe International
1.0474 of 5 stars
$14.36
-2.2%
N/A+76.9%$114.64M$153.58M7.56610Positive News
TAYD
Taylor Devices
1.307 of 5 stars
$32.98
-1.8%
N/A+6.0%$103.43M$44.49M11.37120Analyst Upgrade
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:DM) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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