PRLB vs. DXPE, XMTR, ERII, ASTE, GRC, CECO, KRNT, OFLX, IIIN, and TWI
Should you be buying Proto Labs stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Proto Labs include DXP Enterprises (DXPE), Xometry (XMTR), Energy Recovery (ERII), Astec Industries (ASTE), Gorman-Rupp (GRC), CECO Environmental (CECO), Kornit Digital (KRNT), Omega Flex (OFLX), Insteel Industries (IIIN), and Titan International (TWI). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Proto Labs (NYSE:PRLB) and DXP Enterprises (NASDAQ:DXPE) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and dividends.
Proto Labs has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DXP Enterprises has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, DXP Enterprises had 3 more articles in the media than Proto Labs. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for DXP Enterprises and 1 mentions for Proto Labs. Proto Labs' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat DXP Enterprises' score of 0.71 indicating that Proto Labs is being referred to more favorably in the media.
DXP Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than Proto Labs. DXP Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Proto Labs, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Proto Labs presently has a consensus target price of $38.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.78%. DXP Enterprises has a consensus target price of $55.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.61%. Given Proto Labs' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Proto Labs is more favorable than DXP Enterprises.
Proto Labs has a net margin of 3.92% compared to DXP Enterprises' net margin of 3.75%. DXP Enterprises' return on equity of 17.93% beat Proto Labs' return on equity.
Proto Labs received 61 more outperform votes than DXP Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.89% of users gave Proto Labs an outperform vote while only 61.41% of users gave DXP Enterprises an outperform vote.
84.5% of Proto Labs shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.8% of DXP Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Proto Labs shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.1% of DXP Enterprises shares are held 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.
Summary
DXP Enterprises beats Proto Labs on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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