VLD vs. CVV, MNTX, WRAP, APT, PPIH, IPWR, IDN, PYRGF, BWEN, and ISDR
Should you be buying Velo3D stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Velo3D include CVD Equipment (CVV), Manitex International (MNTX), Wrap Technologies (WRAP), Alpha Pro Tech (APT), Perma-Pipe International (PPIH), Ideal Power (IPWR), Intellicheck (IDN), PyroGenesis Canada (PYRGF), Broadwind (BWEN), and Issuer Direct (ISDR). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Velo3D (NYSE:VLD) and CVD Equipment (NASDAQ:CVV) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
In the previous week, CVD Equipment had 7 more articles in the media than Velo3D. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for CVD Equipment and 1 mentions for Velo3D. CVD Equipment's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Velo3D's score of 0.22 indicating that CVD Equipment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Velo3D has a beta of 2.27, meaning that its share price is 127% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CVD Equipment has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
87.5% of Velo3D shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.6% of CVD Equipment shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.9% of Velo3D shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of CVD Equipment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
CVD Equipment received 123 more outperform votes than Velo3D when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 42.91% of users gave CVD Equipment an outperform vote while only 18.18% of users gave Velo3D an outperform vote.
CVD Equipment has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Velo3D. CVD Equipment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Velo3D, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CVD Equipment has a net margin of -27.60% compared to Velo3D's net margin of -173.20%. CVD Equipment's return on equity of -19.17% beat Velo3D's return on equity.
Summary
CVD Equipment beats Velo3D on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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