KRNT vs. ERII, XMTR, MYE, TWI, PRLB, OFLX, CECO, DXPE, IIIN, and GRC
Should you be buying Kornit Digital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kornit Digital include Energy Recovery (ERII), Xometry (XMTR), Myers Industries (MYE), Titan International (TWI), Proto Labs (PRLB), Omega Flex (OFLX), CECO Environmental (CECO), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), Insteel Industries (IIIN), and Gorman-Rupp (GRC). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Kornit Digital (NASDAQ:KRNT) and Energy Recovery (NASDAQ:ERII) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
Kornit Digital has a beta of 1.89, meaning that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Energy Recovery has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
92.8% of Kornit Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.6% of Energy Recovery shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Kornit Digital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Energy Recovery shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Kornit Digital received 26 more outperform votes than Energy Recovery when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.81% of users gave Kornit Digital an outperform vote while only 59.93% of users gave Energy Recovery an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Kornit Digital and Kornit Digital both had 3 articles in the media. Kornit Digital's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Energy Recovery's score of 0.16 indicating that Kornit Digital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kornit Digital presently has a consensus target price of $24.67, indicating a potential upside of 55.23%. Energy Recovery has a consensus target price of $25.33, indicating a potential upside of 81.99%. Given Energy Recovery's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Energy Recovery is more favorable than Kornit Digital.
Energy Recovery has a net margin of 16.75% compared to Kornit Digital's net margin of -29.28%. Energy Recovery's return on equity of 11.99% beat Kornit Digital's return on equity.
Energy Recovery has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Kornit Digital. Kornit Digital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Energy Recovery, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Energy Recovery beats Kornit Digital on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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