Xometry (XMTR) Competitors

Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) and Xometry (NASDAQ:XMTR) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LYFT or XMTR?

Lyft received 286 more outperform votes than Xometry when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.70% of users gave Lyft an outperform vote while only 48.72% of users gave Xometry an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lyft	Outperform Votes 324 50.70%	Underperform Votes 315 49.30%
Xometry	Outperform Votes 38 48.72%	Underperform Votes 40 51.28%

Is LYFT or XMTR more profitable?

Lyft has a net margin of 0.39% compared to Xometry's net margin of -9.72%. Lyft's return on equity of 8.03% beat Xometry's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lyft	0.39%	8.03%	0.98%
Xometry	-9.72%	-10.16%	-4.74%

Do analysts rate LYFT or XMTR?

Lyft presently has a consensus target price of $16.40, indicating a potential upside of 5.34%. Xometry has a consensus target price of $35.78, indicating a potential upside of 5.75%. Given Xometry's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Xometry is more favorable than Lyft.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lyft	1 Sell rating(s)	25 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.23
Xometry	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Does the media prefer LYFT or XMTR?

In the previous week, Lyft had 12 more articles in the media than Xometry. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Lyft and 11 mentions for Xometry. Xometry's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Lyft's score of 0.32 indicating that Xometry is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lyft	2 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Xometry	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals believe in LYFT or XMTR?

83.1% of Lyft shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of Xometry shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Lyft shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Xometry shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, LYFT or XMTR?

Lyft has higher revenue and earnings than Xometry. Xometry is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lyft, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lyft	$5.96B	1.09	$22.78M	$0.15	103.77
Xometry	$573.81M	2.99	-$67.47M	-$0.99	-34.18

Which has more risk & volatility, LYFT or XMTR?

Lyft has a beta of 2.22, indicating that its stock price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xometry has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Lyft beats Xometry on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.