ERII vs. ACMR, MNTX, IVAC, ASYS, CVV, JBT, ESE, MWA, AIN, and KMT
Should you be buying Energy Recovery stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Energy Recovery include ACM Research (ACMR), Manitex International (MNTX), Intevac (IVAC), Amtech Systems (ASYS), CVD Equipment (CVV), John Bean Technologies (JBT), ESCO Technologies (ESE), Mueller Water Products (MWA), Albany International (AIN), and Kennametal (KMT).
Energy Recovery (NASDAQ:ERII) and ACM Research (NASDAQ:ACMR) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Energy Recovery currently has a consensus price target of $25.33, indicating a potential upside of 90.05%. ACM Research has a consensus price target of $31.88, indicating a potential upside of 42.26%. Given Energy Recovery's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Energy Recovery is more favorable than ACM Research.
Energy Recovery has a net margin of 15.38% compared to ACM Research's net margin of 13.79%. ACM Research's return on equity of 10.26% beat Energy Recovery's return on equity.
In the previous week, ACM Research had 12 more articles in the media than Energy Recovery. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for ACM Research and 4 mentions for Energy Recovery. Energy Recovery's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat ACM Research's score of 0.59 indicating that Energy Recovery is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Energy Recovery received 137 more outperform votes than ACM Research when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.94% of users gave ACM Research an outperform vote while only 59.83% of users gave Energy Recovery an outperform vote.
83.6% of Energy Recovery shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.8% of ACM Research shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Energy Recovery shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.2% of ACM Research shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
ACM Research has higher revenue and earnings than Energy Recovery. ACM Research is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Energy Recovery, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Energy Recovery has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ACM Research has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
ACM Research beats Energy Recovery on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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