BOOM vs. GHM, CMCO, OFLX, FSTR, EML, PLL, NNBR, HURC, AP, and TBLT
Should you be buying DMC Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DMC Global include Graham (GHM), Columbus McKinnon (CMCO), Omega Flex (OFLX), L.B. Foster (FSTR), Eastern (EML), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), NN (NNBR), Hurco Companies (HURC), Ampco-Pittsburgh (AP), and ToughBuilt Industries (TBLT). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
DMC Global vs. Its Competitors
DMC Global (NASDAQ:BOOM) and Graham (NYSE:GHM) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
DMC Global received 41 more outperform votes than Graham when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.79% of users gave Graham an outperform vote while only 62.27% of users gave DMC Global an outperform vote.
77.6% of DMC Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.5% of Graham shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of DMC Global shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Graham shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
DMC Global has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Graham has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Graham has a net margin of 4.60% compared to DMC Global's net margin of -14.23%. Graham's return on equity of 9.35% beat DMC Global's return on equity.
In the previous week, Graham had 31 more articles in the media than DMC Global. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Graham and 7 mentions for DMC Global. Graham's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat DMC Global's score of 0.28 indicating that Graham is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
DMC Global currently has a consensus price target of $16.25, suggesting a potential upside of 106.53%. Graham has a consensus price target of $35.00, suggesting a potential downside of 23.28%. Given DMC Global's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe DMC Global is more favorable than Graham.
DMC Global pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Graham pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. DMC Global pays out -6.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Graham pays out 24.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. DMC Global is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
DMC Global has higher revenue and earnings than Graham. DMC Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Graham, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Graham beats DMC Global on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BOOM) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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