NNBR vs. OFLX, GHM, BOOM, FSTR, PLL, EML, HURC, AP, TBLT, and TKR
Should you be buying NN stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NN include Omega Flex (OFLX), Graham (GHM), DMC Global (BOOM), L.B. Foster (FSTR), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), Eastern (EML), Hurco Companies (HURC), Ampco-Pittsburgh (AP), ToughBuilt Industries (TBLT), and Timken (TKR). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
NN (NASDAQ:NNBR) and Omega Flex (NASDAQ:OFLX) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk and dividends.
In the previous week, NN had 2 more articles in the media than Omega Flex. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for NN and 2 mentions for Omega Flex. Omega Flex's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat NN's score of 0.37 indicating that Omega Flex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NN has a beta of 2.97, meaning that its stock price is 197% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Omega Flex has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.
NN currently has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.55%. Given NN's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NN is more favorable than Omega Flex.
Omega Flex has lower revenue, but higher earnings than NN. NN is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Omega Flex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NN received 138 more outperform votes than Omega Flex when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.26% of users gave Omega Flex an outperform vote while only 51.67% of users gave NN an outperform vote.
53.9% of NN shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.1% of Omega Flex shares are held by institutional investors. 8.9% of NN shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 65.2% of Omega Flex shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Omega Flex has a net margin of 18.03% compared to NN's net margin of -10.86%. Omega Flex's return on equity of 24.76% beat NN's return on equity.
Summary
Omega Flex beats NN on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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