DMC Global (BOOM) Competitors

Steel Partners (NYSE:SPLP) and DMC Global (NASDAQ:BOOM) are both small-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.

Is SPLP or BOOM more profitable?

Steel Partners has a net margin of 11.04% compared to DMC Global's net margin of 2.29%. Steel Partners' return on equity of 21.44% beat DMC Global's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Steel Partners	11.04%	21.44%	5.70%
DMC Global	2.29%	6.06%	2.84%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SPLP or BOOM?

DMC Global received 80 more outperform votes than Steel Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.42% of users gave Steel Partners an outperform vote while only 64.09% of users gave DMC Global an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Steel Partners	Outperform Votes 227 75.42%	Underperform Votes 74 24.58%
DMC Global	Outperform Votes 307 64.09%	Underperform Votes 172 35.91%

Which has more risk & volatility, SPLP or BOOM?

Steel Partners has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DMC Global has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer SPLP or BOOM?

In the previous week, DMC Global had 8 more articles in the media than Steel Partners. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for DMC Global and 3 mentions for Steel Partners. DMC Global's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Steel Partners' score of 0.17 indicating that DMC Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Steel Partners	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
DMC Global	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate SPLP or BOOM?

DMC Global has a consensus price target of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 48.48%. Given DMC Global's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe DMC Global is more favorable than Steel Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Steel Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
DMC Global	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has higher earnings and valuation, SPLP or BOOM?

Steel Partners has higher revenue and earnings than DMC Global. Steel Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DMC Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Steel Partners	$1.91B	0.43	$150.83M	$9.24	4.33
DMC Global	$719.19M	0.38	$26.26M	$0.76	17.72

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in SPLP or BOOM?

50.8% of Steel Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.6% of DMC Global shares are held by institutional investors. 79.2% of Steel Partners shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of DMC Global shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Steel Partners beats DMC Global on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.