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).
ACM Research (NASDAQ:ACMR) and Energy Recovery (NASDAQ:ERII) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk.
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.
66.8% of ACM Research shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.6% of Energy Recovery shares are held by institutional investors. 31.2% of ACM Research shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Energy Recovery shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
ACM Research has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Energy Recovery has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, ACM Research had 9 more articles in the media than Energy Recovery. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for ACM Research and 3 mentions for Energy Recovery. ACM Research's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Energy Recovery's score of 0.76 indicating that Energy Recovery is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ACM Research currently has a consensus target price of $31.88, suggesting a potential upside of 42.26%. Energy Recovery has a consensus target price of $25.33, suggesting a potential upside of 90.05%. Given ACM Research's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Energy Recovery is more favorable than ACM Research.
Energy Recovery has a net margin of 15.38% compared to Energy Recovery's net margin of 13.79%. Energy Recovery's return on equity of 10.26% beat ACM Research's return on equity.
Summary
ACM Research beats Energy Recovery on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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