CLIR vs. FCUV, HURC, SYPR, SMIT, DHR, ROP, AME, FTV, KEYS, and MKSI
Should you be buying ClearSign Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ClearSign Technologies include Focus Universal (FCUV), Hurco Companies (HURC), Sypris Solutions (SYPR), Schmitt Industries (SMIT), Danaher (DHR), Roper Technologies (ROP), AMETEK (AME), Fortive (FTV), Keysight Technologies (KEYS), and MKS Instruments (MKSI). These companies are all part of the "process control instruments" industry.
ClearSign Technologies (NASDAQ:CLIR) and Focus Universal (NASDAQ:FCUV) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, profitability and risk.
ClearSign Technologies has a net margin of -186.63% compared to Focus Universal's net margin of -475.82%. ClearSign Technologies' return on equity of -85.65% beat Focus Universal's return on equity.
In the previous week, ClearSign Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Focus Universal. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for ClearSign Technologies and 0 mentions for Focus Universal. Focus Universal's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat ClearSign Technologies' score of -0.47 indicating that Focus Universal is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Focus Universal has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ClearSign Technologies. ClearSign Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Focus Universal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ClearSign Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 652.35%. Given ClearSign Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ClearSign Technologies is more favorable than Focus Universal.
ClearSign Technologies has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Focus Universal has a beta of -0.23, meaning that its stock price is 123% less volatile than the S&P 500.
ClearSign Technologies received 107 more outperform votes than Focus Universal when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.77% of users gave Focus Universal an outperform vote while only 45.90% of users gave ClearSign Technologies an outperform vote.
24.0% of ClearSign Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.4% of Focus Universal shares are held by institutional investors. 16.9% of ClearSign Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.5% of Focus Universal shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
ClearSign Technologies beats Focus Universal on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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