BOOM vs. NWPX, IPX, PKOH, DM, CIX, ALTG, LXFR, EAF, TWIN, and IRBT
Should you be buying DMC Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DMC Global include Northwest Pipe (NWPX), IperionX (IPX), Park-Ohio (PKOH), Desktop Metal (DM), CompX International (CIX), Alta Equipment Group (ALTG), Luxfer (LXFR), GrafTech International (EAF), Twin Disc (TWIN), and iRobot (IRBT). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Northwest Pipe (NASDAQ:NWPX) and DMC Global (NASDAQ:BOOM) 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, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
DMC Global has higher revenue and earnings than Northwest Pipe. Northwest Pipe is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DMC Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Northwest Pipe presently has a consensus target price of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.71%. DMC Global has a consensus target price of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 62.55%. Given Northwest Pipe's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe DMC Global is more favorable than Northwest Pipe.
Northwest Pipe has a net margin of 4.74% compared to Northwest Pipe's net margin of 3.29%. Northwest Pipe's return on equity of 9.14% beat DMC Global's return on equity.
DMC Global received 26 more outperform votes than Northwest Pipe when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.85% of users gave DMC Global an outperform vote while only 57.98% of users gave Northwest Pipe an outperform vote.
80.6% of Northwest Pipe shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.6% of DMC Global shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Northwest Pipe 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Northwest Pipe and Northwest Pipe both had 2 articles in the media. Northwest Pipe's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat DMC Global's score of -0.33 indicating that DMC Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Northwest Pipe has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DMC Global has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
DMC Global beats Northwest Pipe on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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