VTNR vs. GRC, MTW, CIR, TWI, XMTR, EBF, DM, IIIN, CDRE, and ITRN
Should you be buying Vertex Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vertex Energy include Gorman-Rupp (GRC), Manitowoc (MTW), CIRCOR International (CIR), Titan International (TWI), Xometry (XMTR), Ennis (EBF), Desktop Metal (DM), Insteel Industries (IIIN), Cadre (CDRE), and Ituran Location and Control (ITRN). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Vertex Energy vs.
Vertex Energy (NASDAQ:VTNR) and Gorman-Rupp (NYSE:GRC) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Vertex Energy presently has a consensus price target of $14.43, suggesting a potential upside of 68.91%. Given Vertex Energy's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Vertex Energy is more favorable than Gorman-Rupp.
Gorman-Rupp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Vertex Energy.
Gorman-Rupp received 13 more outperform votes than Vertex Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.90% of users gave Vertex Energy an outperform vote while only 62.58% of users gave Gorman-Rupp an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Vertex Energy had 4 more articles in the media than Gorman-Rupp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Vertex Energy and 1 mentions for Gorman-Rupp. Vertex Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Gorman-Rupp's score of 0.28 indicating that Vertex Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
63.4% of Vertex Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.8% of Gorman-Rupp shares are held by institutional investors. 15.9% of Vertex Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Gorman-Rupp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Gorman-Rupp has a net margin of 2.15% compared to Vertex Energy's net margin of -0.17%. Vertex Energy's return on equity of 94.29% beat Gorman-Rupp's return on equity.
Vertex Energy has a beta of 2.07, suggesting that its stock price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gorman-Rupp has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Vertex Energy beats Gorman-Rupp on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding VTNR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Vertex Energy Competitors List
