IPX vs. NWPX, PKOH, GHM, BOOM, DM, LXFR, QUAD, ALTG, CIX, and TWIN
Should you be buying IperionX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IperionX include Northwest Pipe (NWPX), Park-Ohio (PKOH), Graham (GHM), DMC Global (BOOM), Desktop Metal (DM), Luxfer (LXFR), Quad/Graphics (QUAD), Alta Equipment Group (ALTG), CompX International (CIX), and Twin Disc (TWIN). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
IperionX (NASDAQ:IPX) and Northwest Pipe (NASDAQ:NWPX) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings and media sentiment.
2.8% of IperionX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of Northwest Pipe shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Northwest Pipe shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, IperionX had 1 more articles in the media than Northwest Pipe. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for IperionX and 2 mentions for Northwest Pipe. IperionX's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Northwest Pipe's score of -0.33 indicating that IperionX is being referred to more favorably in the media.
IperionX has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northwest Pipe has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Northwest Pipe has higher revenue and earnings than IperionX.
Northwest Pipe has a net margin of 4.74% compared to IperionX's net margin of 0.00%. Northwest Pipe's return on equity of 6.36% beat IperionX's return on equity.
Northwest Pipe has a consensus target price of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.75%. Given Northwest Pipe's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Northwest Pipe is more favorable than IperionX.
Northwest Pipe received 275 more outperform votes than IperionX when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave IperionX an outperform vote while only 57.98% of users gave Northwest Pipe an outperform vote.
Summary
Northwest Pipe beats IperionX on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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