NNBR vs. EML, IRBT, TAYD, SSTI, IPAX, TWIN, PESI, VTNR, EOSE, and QUAD
Should you be buying NN stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NN include Eastern (EML), iRobot (IRBT), Taylor Devices (TAYD), SoundThinking (SSTI), Inflection Point Acquisition (IPAX), Twin Disc (TWIN), Perma-Fix Environmental Services (PESI), Vertex Energy (VTNR), Eos Energy Enterprises (EOSE), and Quad/Graphics (QUAD). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
NN (NASDAQ:NNBR) and Eastern (NASDAQ:EML) 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 analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, valuation and earnings.
NN received 147 more outperform votes than Eastern when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 79.82% of users gave Eastern an outperform vote while only 51.67% of users gave NN an outperform vote.
Eastern has a net margin of 3.14% compared to NN's net margin of -10.25%. Eastern's return on equity of 8.80% beat NN's return on equity.
53.9% of NN shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.0% of Eastern shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.9% of NN shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.0% of Eastern shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
NN presently has a consensus target price of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 33.33%. Given NN's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe NN is more favorable than Eastern.
In the previous week, Eastern had 3 more articles in the media than NN. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Eastern and 3 mentions for NN. NN's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Eastern's score of -0.72 indicating that NN is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Eastern has lower revenue, but higher earnings than NN. NN is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eastern, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NN has a beta of 3.02, meaning that its share price is 202% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eastern has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Eastern beats NN on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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