BWEN vs. ISDR, PDYN, AIU, IPWR, PPIH, PYRGF, EBON, PPSI, STRC, and FTEK
Should you be buying Broadwind stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Broadwind include Issuer Direct (ISDR), Palladyne AI (PDYN), Meta Data (AIU), Ideal Power (IPWR), Perma-Pipe International (PPIH), PyroGenesis Canada (PYRGF), Ebang International (EBON), Pioneer Power Solutions (PPSI), Sarcos Technology and Robotics (STRC), and Fuel Tech (FTEK). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Broadwind (NASDAQ:BWEN) and Issuer Direct (NYSE:ISDR) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Broadwind has a net margin of 3.76% compared to Issuer Direct's net margin of 2.29%. Broadwind's return on equity of 16.15% beat Issuer Direct's return on equity.
33.3% of Broadwind shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of Issuer Direct shares are held by institutional investors. 5.7% of Broadwind shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.1% of Issuer Direct shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Broadwind has higher revenue and earnings than Issuer Direct. Broadwind is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Issuer Direct, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Issuer Direct had 1 more articles in the media than Broadwind. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Issuer Direct and 1 mentions for Broadwind. Broadwind's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Issuer Direct'saverage media sentiment score.
Broadwind received 180 more outperform votes than Issuer Direct when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 86.36% of users gave Issuer Direct an outperform vote while only 60.67% of users gave Broadwind an outperform vote.
Broadwind currently has a consensus target price of $5.50, suggesting a potential upside of 143.36%. Issuer Direct has a consensus target price of $27.00, suggesting a potential upside of 135.81%. Given Broadwind's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Broadwind is more favorable than Issuer Direct.
Broadwind has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Issuer Direct has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Broadwind beats Issuer Direct on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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