ACMR vs. CVV, ACLS, AZTA, VECO, CRCT, ERII, DM, MNTX, IVAC, and ASYS
Should you be buying ACM Research stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ACM Research include CVD Equipment (CVV), Axcelis Technologies (ACLS), Azenta (AZTA), Veeco Instruments (VECO), Cricut (CRCT), Energy Recovery (ERII), Desktop Metal (DM), Manitex International (MNTX), Intevac (IVAC), and Amtech Systems (ASYS). These companies are all part of the "special industry machinery, not elsewhere classified" industry.
CVD Equipment (NASDAQ:CVV) and ACM Research (NASDAQ:ACMR) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
ACM Research received 86 more outperform votes than CVD Equipment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.94% of users gave ACM Research an outperform vote while only 41.64% of users gave CVD Equipment an outperform vote.
CVD Equipment has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ACM Research has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ACM Research has a consensus target price of $34.00, indicating a potential upside of 81.43%. Given CVD Equipment's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ACM Research is more favorable than CVD Equipment.
ACM Research has a net margin of 13.79% compared to ACM Research's net margin of -27.60%. CVD Equipment's return on equity of 10.26% beat ACM Research's return on equity.
31.6% of CVD Equipment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.8% of ACM Research shares are held by institutional investors. 27.8% of CVD Equipment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 31.2% of ACM Research shares are held by 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.
ACM Research has higher revenue and earnings than CVD Equipment. CVD Equipment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ACM Research, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, ACM Research had 5 more articles in the media than CVD Equipment. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for ACM Research and 3 mentions for CVD Equipment. CVD Equipment's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat ACM Research's score of 0.30 indicating that ACM Research is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
ACM Research beats CVD Equipment on 17 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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