AIU vs. CLIR, PPSI, FATH, FTEK, AP, EBON, TPCS, CVV, SNT, and GFAI
Should you be buying Meta Data stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Meta Data include ClearSign Technologies (CLIR), Pioneer Power Solutions (PPSI), Fathom Digital Manufacturing (FATH), Fuel Tech (FTEK), Ampco-Pittsburgh (AP), Ebang International (EBON), TechPrecision (TPCS), CVD Equipment (CVV), Senstar Technologies (SNT), and Guardforce AI (GFAI). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Meta Data (NYSE:AIU) and ClearSign Technologies (NASDAQ:CLIR) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, ClearSign Technologies had 4 more articles in the media than Meta Data. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for ClearSign Technologies and 2 mentions for Meta Data. ClearSign Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Meta Data's score of 0.50 indicating that ClearSign Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Meta Data has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ClearSign Technologies has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Meta Data has a net margin of 0.00% compared to ClearSign Technologies' net margin of -216.15%. Meta Data's return on equity of 0.00% beat ClearSign Technologies' return on equity.
ClearSign Technologies received 150 more outperform votes than Meta Data when rated by MarketBeat users.
0.4% of Meta Data shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.0% of ClearSign Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.7% of Meta Data shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.1% of ClearSign Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
ClearSign Technologies has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 651.60%. Given ClearSign Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ClearSign Technologies is more favorable than Meta Data.
Meta Data has higher revenue and earnings than ClearSign Technologies.
Summary
ClearSign Technologies beats Meta Data on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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