PRLB vs. MWA, ESE, NPO, AIN, B, SXI, KMT, TNC, GRC, and TRS
Should you be buying Proto Labs stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Proto Labs include Mueller Water Products (MWA), ESCO Technologies (ESE), Enpro (NPO), Albany International (AIN), Barnes Group (B), Standex International (SXI), Kennametal (KMT), Tennant (TNC), Gorman-Rupp (GRC), and TriMas (TRS). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Proto Labs vs.
Mueller Water Products (NYSE:MWA) and Proto Labs (NYSE:PRLB) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends and earnings.
Mueller Water Products has higher revenue and earnings than Proto Labs. Mueller Water Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Proto Labs, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mueller Water Products has a net margin of 10.05% compared to Proto Labs' net margin of 3.31%. Mueller Water Products' return on equity of 21.18% beat Proto Labs' return on equity.
Mueller Water Products has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Proto Labs has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Mueller Water Products presently has a consensus target price of $25.80, suggesting a potential upside of 2.04%. Proto Labs has a consensus target price of $43.67, suggesting a potential upside of 7.59%. Given Proto Labs' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Proto Labs is more favorable than Mueller Water Products.
91.7% of Mueller Water Products shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.5% of Proto Labs shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Mueller Water Products shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Proto Labs shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Mueller Water Products had 7 more articles in the media than Proto Labs. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Mueller Water Products and 1 mentions for Proto Labs. Mueller Water Products' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Proto Labs' score of 0.90 indicating that Mueller Water Products is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Mueller Water Products received 120 more outperform votes than Proto Labs when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.37% of users gave Mueller Water Products an outperform vote while only 62.72% of users gave Proto Labs an outperform vote.
Summary
Mueller Water Products beats Proto Labs on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PRLB) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
