DMRC vs. MTW, RBBN, ACCO, HDSN, EBF, EAF, OSPN, CIX, ITRN, and ALTG
Should you be buying Digimarc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Digimarc include Manitowoc (MTW), Ribbon Communications (RBBN), ACCO Brands (ACCO), Hudson Technologies (HDSN), Ennis (EBF), GrafTech International (EAF), OneSpan (OSPN), CompX International (CIX), Ituran Location and Control (ITRN), and Alta Equipment Group (ALTG).
Manitowoc (NYSE:MTW) and Digimarc (NASDAQ:DMRC) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
Manitowoc has a beta of 2.04, suggesting that its share price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Digimarc has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Manitowoc received 120 more outperform votes than Digimarc when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.01% of users gave Digimarc an outperform vote while only 56.39% of users gave Manitowoc an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Manitowoc had 7 more articles in the media than Digimarc. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Manitowoc and 1 mentions for Digimarc. Manitowoc's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Digimarc's score of -0.07 indicating that Digimarc is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
78.7% of Manitowoc shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.9% of Digimarc shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Manitowoc shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.5% of Digimarc shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Manitowoc presently has a consensus price target of $16.83, suggesting a potential upside of 28.89%. Digimarc has a consensus price target of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.46%. Given Digimarc's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Manitowoc is more favorable than Digimarc.
Manitowoc has higher revenue and earnings than Digimarc. Digimarc is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Manitowoc, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Manitowoc has a net margin of 1.76% compared to Manitowoc's net margin of -131.87%. Digimarc's return on equity of 9.44% beat Manitowoc's return on equity.
Summary
Manitowoc beats Digimarc on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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