MG vs. MTLS, LLAP, MVIS, EGHT, ONTF, QBTS, PCYG, HEAR, NAAS, and SPOK
Should you be buying Mistras Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mistras Group include Materialise (MTLS), Terran Orbital (LLAP), MicroVision (MVIS), 8X8 (EGHT), ON24 (ONTF), D-Wave Quantum (QBTS), Park City Group (PCYG), Turtle Beach (HEAR), NaaS Technology (NAAS), and Spok (SPOK). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Mistras Group (NYSE:MG) and Materialise (NASDAQ:MTLS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Materialise has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Mistras Group. Mistras Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Materialise, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Materialise had 18 more articles in the media than Mistras Group. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Materialise and 1 mentions for Mistras Group. Materialise's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Mistras Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Materialise is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Materialise has a net margin of 2.55% compared to Mistras Group's net margin of -2.48%. Materialise's return on equity of 4.53% beat Mistras Group's return on equity.
Materialise has a consensus price target of $10.25, indicating a potential upside of 95.61%. Given Materialise's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Materialise is more favorable than Mistras Group.
Materialise received 19 more outperform votes than Mistras Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.26% of users gave Materialise an outperform vote while only 62.06% of users gave Mistras Group an outperform vote.
74.9% of Mistras Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.3% of Materialise shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.3% of Mistras Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Materialise shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Mistras Group has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Materialise has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Materialise beats Mistras Group on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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