DMC Global (BOOM) Competitors

iRobot (NASDAQ:IRBT) and DMC Global (NASDAQ:BOOM) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, valuation and earnings.

Is IRBT or BOOM more profitable?

DMC Global has a net margin of 3.61% compared to DMC Global's net margin of -24.42%. iRobot's return on equity of 8.21% beat DMC Global's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
iRobot	-24.42%	-99.56%	-34.49%
DMC Global	3.61%	8.21%	3.76%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IRBT or BOOM?

iRobot received 257 more outperform votes than DMC Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.27% of users gave iRobot an outperform vote while only 63.79% of users gave DMC Global an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
iRobot	Outperform Votes 560 65.27%	Underperform Votes 298 34.73%
DMC Global	Outperform Votes 303 63.79%	Underperform Votes 172 36.21%

Do analysts rate IRBT or BOOM?

iRobot currently has a consensus price target of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.56%. DMC Global has a consensus price target of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 76.21%. Given iRobot's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe DMC Global is more favorable than iRobot.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
iRobot	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
DMC Global	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor IRBT or BOOM?

In the previous week, iRobot had 22 more articles in the media than DMC Global. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for iRobot and 10 mentions for DMC Global. DMC Global's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat iRobot's score of 0.11 indicating that iRobot is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
iRobot	6 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	16 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
DMC Global	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, IRBT or BOOM?

DMC Global has lower revenue, but higher earnings than iRobot. iRobot is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DMC Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
iRobot	$880.30M	0.42	-$304.71M	-$7.77	-1.67
DMC Global	$719.19M	0.38	$26.26M	$1.22	11.09

Do institutionals and insiders believe in IRBT or BOOM?

77.4% of iRobot shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.6% of DMC Global shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of iRobot shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of DMC Global shares are held by company 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, IRBT or BOOM?

iRobot has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DMC Global has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

DMC Global beats iRobot on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.