CLIR vs. SYPR, FCUV, SPEC, SNT, CCTG, HRT, AP, TPCS, LASE, and DRTT
Should you be buying ClearSign Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ClearSign Technologies include Sypris Solutions (SYPR), Focus Universal (FCUV), Spectaire (SPEC), Senstar Technologies (SNT), CCSC Technology International (CCTG), HireRight (HRT), Ampco-Pittsburgh (AP), TechPrecision (TPCS), Laser Photonics (LASE), and DIRTT Environmental Solutions (DRTT).
ClearSign Technologies (NASDAQ:CLIR) and Sypris Solutions (NASDAQ:SYPR) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
24.0% of ClearSign Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.7% of Sypris Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 23.1% of ClearSign Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 48.6% of Sypris Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
ClearSign Technologies has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sypris Solutions has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Sypris Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than ClearSign Technologies. Sypris Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ClearSign Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sypris Solutions has a net margin of -1.17% compared to ClearSign Technologies' net margin of -216.15%. Sypris Solutions' return on equity of -7.32% beat ClearSign Technologies' return on equity.
ClearSign Technologies received 2 more outperform votes than Sypris Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 46.42% of users gave ClearSign Technologies an outperform vote while only 42.73% of users gave Sypris Solutions an outperform vote.
In the previous week, ClearSign Technologies had 3 more articles in the media than Sypris Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for ClearSign Technologies and 1 mentions for Sypris Solutions. Sypris Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat ClearSign Technologies' score of -0.24 indicating that Sypris Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ClearSign Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 589.66%. Given ClearSign Technologies' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe ClearSign Technologies is more favorable than Sypris Solutions.
Summary
Sypris Solutions beats ClearSign Technologies on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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