UFI vs. MKFG, ACNT, TSE, RSSS, VTNR, LAKE, WRAP, DNMR, TPIC, and HURC
Should you be buying Unifi stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Unifi include Markforged (MKFG), Ascent Industries (ACNT), Trinseo (TSE), Research Solutions (RSSS), Vertex Energy (VTNR), Lakeland Industries (LAKE), Wrap Technologies (WRAP), Danimer Scientific (DNMR), TPI Composites (TPIC), and Hurco Companies (HURC). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Unifi (NYSE:UFI) and Markforged (NYSE:MKFG) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
Unifi has higher revenue and earnings than Markforged. Unifi is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Markforged, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Unifi has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Markforged has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Unifi has a net margin of -9.18% compared to Markforged's net margin of -110.43%. Unifi's return on equity of -12.63% beat Markforged's return on equity.
In the previous week, Unifi and Unifi both had 1 articles in the media. Unifi's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Markforged's score of -0.68 indicating that Unifi is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Markforged has a consensus price target of $1.38, suggesting a potential upside of 105.03%. Given Markforged's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Markforged is more favorable than Unifi.
Unifi received 196 more outperform votes than Markforged when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.69% of users gave Unifi an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Markforged an outperform vote.
67.7% of Unifi shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of Markforged shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.9% of Unifi shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.5% of Markforged shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Unifi and Markforged tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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