PRLB vs. ERII, DXPE, ASTE, XMTR, GRC, CECO, KRNT, OFLX, IIIN, and TWI
Should you be buying Proto Labs stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Proto Labs include Energy Recovery (ERII), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), Astec Industries (ASTE), Xometry (XMTR), Gorman-Rupp (GRC), CECO Environmental (CECO), Kornit Digital (KRNT), Omega Flex (OFLX), Insteel Industries (IIIN), and Titan International (TWI). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Proto Labs (NYSE:PRLB) and Energy Recovery (NASDAQ:ERII) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking and valuation.
Proto Labs currently has a consensus price target of $38.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.22%. Energy Recovery has a consensus price target of $25.33, indicating a potential upside of 82.12%. Given Energy Recovery's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Energy Recovery is more favorable than Proto Labs.
In the previous week, Energy Recovery had 2 more articles in the media than Proto Labs. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Energy Recovery and 2 mentions for Proto Labs. Energy Recovery's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Proto Labs' score of 0.77 indicating that Energy Recovery is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Energy Recovery received 28 more outperform votes than Proto Labs when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.89% of users gave Proto Labs an outperform vote while only 59.83% of users gave Energy Recovery an outperform vote.
Energy Recovery has a net margin of 15.38% compared to Proto Labs' net margin of 3.92%. Energy Recovery's return on equity of 9.82% beat Proto Labs' return on equity.
84.5% of Proto Labs shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.6% of Energy Recovery shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Proto Labs shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Energy Recovery shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Energy Recovery has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Proto Labs. Energy Recovery is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Proto Labs, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Proto Labs has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Energy Recovery has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Energy Recovery beats Proto Labs on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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