PESI vs. VTNR, EOSE, SSTI, MKFG, TAYD, IRBT, HURC, TPIC, NNBR, and LAKE
Should you be buying Perma-Fix Environmental Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Perma-Fix Environmental Services include Vertex Energy (VTNR), Eos Energy Enterprises (EOSE), SoundThinking (SSTI), Markforged (MKFG), Taylor Devices (TAYD), iRobot (IRBT), Hurco Companies (HURC), TPI Composites (TPIC), NN (NNBR), and Lakeland Industries (LAKE). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Vertex Energy (NASDAQ:VTNR) and Perma-Fix Environmental Services (NASDAQ:PESI) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and community ranking.
43.0% of Vertex Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.5% of Perma-Fix Environmental Services shares are held by institutional investors. 11.8% of Vertex Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of Perma-Fix Environmental Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Vertex Energy received 100 more outperform votes than Perma-Fix Environmental Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.93% of users gave Vertex Energy an outperform vote while only 64.48% of users gave Perma-Fix Environmental Services an outperform vote.
Vertex Energy has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Perma-Fix Environmental Services has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Vertex Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Perma-Fix Environmental Services. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Vertex Energy and 3 mentions for Perma-Fix Environmental Services. Vertex Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Perma-Fix Environmental Services' score of 0.45 indicating that Perma-Fix Environmental Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vertex Energy presently has a consensus target price of $4.88, suggesting a potential upside of 267.92%. Given Perma-Fix Environmental Services' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Vertex Energy is more favorable than Perma-Fix Environmental Services.
Perma-Fix Environmental Services has a net margin of 0.54% compared to Perma-Fix Environmental Services' net margin of -2.25%. Vertex Energy's return on equity of 2.38% beat Perma-Fix Environmental Services' return on equity.
Perma-Fix Environmental Services has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Vertex Energy.
Summary
Vertex Energy beats Perma-Fix Environmental Services on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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