MKFG vs. DNMR, RSSS, VTNR, PYRGF, ACNT, BWEN, WRAP, PPIH, UFI, and HURC
Should you be buying Markforged stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Markforged include Danimer Scientific (DNMR), Research Solutions (RSSS), Vertex Energy (VTNR), PyroGenesis Canada (PYRGF), Ascent Industries (ACNT), Broadwind (BWEN), Wrap Technologies (WRAP), Perma-Pipe International (PPIH), Unifi (UFI), and Hurco Companies (HURC). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Markforged (NYSE:MKFG) and Danimer Scientific (NYSE:DNMR) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Markforged has a net margin of -133.52% compared to Danimer Scientific's net margin of -324.79%. Markforged's return on equity of -29.55% beat Danimer Scientific's return on equity.
Markforged currently has a consensus target price of $1.33, suggesting a potential upside of 205.39%. Danimer Scientific has a consensus target price of $1.08, suggesting a potential upside of 49.91%. Given Markforged's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Markforged is more favorable than Danimer Scientific.
In the previous week, Danimer Scientific had 6 more articles in the media than Markforged. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Danimer Scientific and 1 mentions for Markforged. Markforged's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Danimer Scientific's score of -0.11 indicating that Markforged is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Markforged has higher revenue and earnings than Danimer Scientific. Markforged is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Danimer Scientific, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Markforged received 1 more outperform votes than Danimer Scientific when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 37.50% of users gave Danimer Scientific an outperform vote while only 35.71% of users gave Markforged an outperform vote.
Markforged has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Danimer Scientific has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
87.3% of Markforged shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.8% of Danimer Scientific shares are held by institutional investors. 34.7% of Markforged shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.3% of Danimer Scientific shares are held 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.
Summary
Markforged beats Danimer Scientific on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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