BOOM vs. QUAD, CIX, IPAX, ALTG, DM, GHM, IPX, ADN, TWIN, and TPIC
Should you be buying DMC Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DMC Global include Quad/Graphics (QUAD), CompX International (CIX), Inflection Point Acquisition (IPAX), Alta Equipment Group (ALTG), Desktop Metal (DM), Graham (GHM), IperionX (IPX), Advent Technologies (ADN), Twin Disc (TWIN), and TPI Composites (TPIC). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
DMC Global (NASDAQ:BOOM) and Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
DMC Global has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quad/Graphics has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
77.6% of DMC Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.5% of Quad/Graphics shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of DMC Global shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of Quad/Graphics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
DMC Global has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Quad/Graphics. Quad/Graphics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DMC Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Quad/Graphics had 1 more articles in the media than DMC Global. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Quad/Graphics and 1 mentions for DMC Global. DMC Global's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat Quad/Graphics' score of 0.53 indicating that DMC Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.
DMC Global presently has a consensus target price of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 81.68%. Quad/Graphics has a consensus target price of $8.50, suggesting a potential upside of 70.00%. Given DMC Global's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe DMC Global is more favorable than Quad/Graphics.
DMC Global received 29 more outperform votes than Quad/Graphics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.24% of users gave Quad/Graphics an outperform vote while only 63.79% of users gave DMC Global an outperform vote.
DMC Global has a net margin of 3.61% compared to Quad/Graphics' net margin of -2.07%. Quad/Graphics' return on equity of 18.67% beat DMC Global's return on equity.
Summary
DMC Global beats Quad/Graphics on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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