TechPrecision (TPCS) Competitors

TechPrecision (NASDAQ:TPCS) and Gulf Island Fabrication (NASDAQ:GIFI) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, TPCS or GIFI?

TechPrecision has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Gulf Island Fabrication. TechPrecision is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gulf Island Fabrication, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TechPrecision	$31.43M	1.01	-$980K	-$0.34	-10.59
Gulf Island Fabrication	$151.07M	0.71	-$24.40M	-$1.17	-5.67

Do analysts rate TPCS or GIFI?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TechPrecision	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Gulf Island Fabrication	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to TPCS or GIFI?

In the previous week, Gulf Island Fabrication had 1 more articles in the media than TechPrecision. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Gulf Island Fabrication and 0 mentions for TechPrecision. Gulf Island Fabrication's average media sentiment score of 1.92 beat TechPrecision's score of 0.00 indicating that Gulf Island Fabrication is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
TechPrecision	Neutral
Gulf Island Fabrication	Very Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, TPCS or GIFI?

TechPrecision has a beta of 0.32, meaning that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gulf Island Fabrication has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TPCS or GIFI?

Gulf Island Fabrication received 137 more outperform votes than TechPrecision when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.10% of users gave Gulf Island Fabrication an outperform vote while only 62.22% of users gave TechPrecision an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TechPrecision	Outperform Votes 56 62.22%	Underperform Votes 34 37.78%
Gulf Island Fabrication	Outperform Votes 193 66.10%	Underperform Votes 99 33.90%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in TPCS or GIFI?

15.5% of TechPrecision shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.4% of Gulf Island Fabrication shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.4% of TechPrecision shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.1% of Gulf Island Fabrication shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is TPCS or GIFI more profitable?

TechPrecision has a net margin of -9.59% compared to Gulf Island Fabrication's net margin of -14.27%. TechPrecision's return on equity of -21.25% beat Gulf Island Fabrication's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TechPrecision	-9.59%	-21.25%	-7.78%
Gulf Island Fabrication	-14.27%	-22.11%	-14.65%

Summary

Gulf Island Fabrication beats TechPrecision on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.