ELSE vs. CLIR, SYPR, SMIT, DHR, ROP, AME, FTV, KEYS, CGNX, and MKSI
Should you be buying Electro-Sensors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Electro-Sensors include ClearSign Technologies (CLIR), Sypris Solutions (SYPR), Schmitt Industries (SMIT), Danaher (DHR), Roper Technologies (ROP), AMETEK (AME), Fortive (FTV), Keysight Technologies (KEYS), Cognex (CGNX), and MKS Instruments (MKSI). These companies are all part of the "process control instruments" industry.
Electro-Sensors (NASDAQ:ELSE) and ClearSign Technologies (NASDAQ:CLIR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
In the previous week, Electro-Sensors and Electro-Sensors both had 3 articles in the media. ClearSign Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Electro-Sensors' score of 0.00 indicating that ClearSign Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ClearSign Technologies has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 574.23%. Given ClearSign Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ClearSign Technologies is more favorable than Electro-Sensors.
Electro-Sensors has higher revenue and earnings than ClearSign Technologies. ClearSign Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Electro-Sensors, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
11.7% of Electro-Sensors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.0% of ClearSign Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 13.3% of Electro-Sensors shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.9% of ClearSign Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Electro-Sensors has a net margin of 3.77% compared to ClearSign Technologies' net margin of -186.63%. Electro-Sensors' return on equity of 2.42% beat ClearSign Technologies' return on equity.
Electro-Sensors has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ClearSign Technologies has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ClearSign Technologies received 61 more outperform votes than Electro-Sensors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 45.07% of users gave ClearSign Technologies an outperform vote while only 34.62% of users gave Electro-Sensors an outperform vote.
Summary
ClearSign Technologies beats Electro-Sensors on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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