PLL vs. GRC, PRLB, ERII, OFLX, FSTR, GHM, BOOM, EML, NNBR, and HURC
Should you be buying Piedmont Lithium stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Piedmont Lithium include Gorman-Rupp (GRC), Proto Labs (PRLB), Energy Recovery (ERII), Omega Flex (OFLX), L.B. Foster (FSTR), Graham (GHM), DMC Global (BOOM), Eastern (EML), NN (NNBR), and Hurco Companies (HURC). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Piedmont Lithium (NASDAQ:PLL) and Gorman-Rupp (NYSE:GRC) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.
Gorman-Rupp has a net margin of 5.52% compared to Piedmont Lithium's net margin of 0.00%. Gorman-Rupp's return on equity of 10.54% beat Piedmont Lithium's return on equity.
In the previous week, Piedmont Lithium had 3 more articles in the media than Gorman-Rupp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Piedmont Lithium and 0 mentions for Gorman-Rupp. Piedmont Lithium's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Gorman-Rupp's score of 0.00 indicating that Piedmont Lithium is being referred to more favorably in the media.
52.2% of Piedmont Lithium shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.3% of Gorman-Rupp shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Piedmont Lithium shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Gorman-Rupp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Piedmont Lithium currently has a consensus price target of $67.00, indicating a potential upside of 413.02%. Gorman-Rupp has a consensus price target of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.81%. Given Piedmont Lithium's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Piedmont Lithium is more favorable than Gorman-Rupp.
Gorman-Rupp received 95 more outperform votes than Piedmont Lithium when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.53% of users gave Gorman-Rupp an outperform vote while only 53.35% of users gave Piedmont Lithium an outperform vote.
Piedmont Lithium has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gorman-Rupp has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Gorman-Rupp has higher revenue and earnings than Piedmont Lithium. Piedmont Lithium is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gorman-Rupp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Gorman-Rupp beats Piedmont Lithium on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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