BOOM vs. CMCO, GHM, OFLX, FSTR, PLL, EML, HURC, NNBR, AP, and TBLT
Should you be buying DMC Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DMC Global include Columbus McKinnon (CMCO), Graham (GHM), Omega Flex (OFLX), L.B. Foster (FSTR), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), Eastern (EML), Hurco Companies (HURC), NN (NNBR), Ampco-Pittsburgh (AP), and ToughBuilt Industries (TBLT). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
DMC Global vs.
Columbus McKinnon (NASDAQ:CMCO) and DMC Global (NASDAQ:BOOM) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
Columbus McKinnon pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. DMC Global pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Columbus McKinnon pays out 84.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. DMC Global pays out -6.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DMC Global is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Columbus McKinnon has higher revenue and earnings than DMC Global. DMC Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Columbus McKinnon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, DMC Global had 3 more articles in the media than Columbus McKinnon. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for DMC Global and 2 mentions for Columbus McKinnon. Columbus McKinnon's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat DMC Global's score of 0.86 indicating that Columbus McKinnon is being referred to more favorably in the media.
DMC Global received 19 more outperform votes than Columbus McKinnon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.53% of users gave DMC Global an outperform vote while only 60.89% of users gave Columbus McKinnon an outperform vote.
Columbus McKinnon has a net margin of 0.95% compared to DMC Global's net margin of -14.23%. Columbus McKinnon's return on equity of 8.64% beat DMC Global's return on equity.
Columbus McKinnon has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DMC Global has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Columbus McKinnon currently has a consensus price target of $44.00, suggesting a potential upside of 196.30%. DMC Global has a consensus price target of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 154.24%. Given Columbus McKinnon's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Columbus McKinnon is more favorable than DMC Global.
96.0% of Columbus McKinnon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.6% of DMC Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Columbus McKinnon shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of DMC Global shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Columbus McKinnon beats DMC Global on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BOOM) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
