Xometry (XMTR) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, XMTR or LYFT?

Xometry has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lyft has a beta of 2.2, indicating that its share price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation and earnings, XMTR or LYFT?

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
Xometry	$545.53M	3.34	-$50.40M	-$0.99	-36.30
Lyft	$5.79B	1.13	$22.78M	$0.15	104.27

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in XMTR or LYFT?

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

Is XMTR or LYFT more profitable?

Lyft has a net margin of 0.95% compared to Xometry's net margin of -8.52%. Lyft's return on equity of 11.28% beat Xometry's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Xometry	-8.52%	-8.30%	-3.83%
Lyft	0.95%	11.28%	1.50%

Do analysts rate XMTR or LYFT?

Xometry currently has a consensus target price of $35.78, suggesting a potential downside of 0.44%. Lyft has a consensus target price of $16.78, suggesting a potential upside of 7.26%. Given Lyft's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lyft is more favorable than Xometry.

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

Does the media prefer XMTR or LYFT?

In the previous week, Lyft had 16 more articles in the media than Xometry. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Lyft and 6 mentions for Xometry. Xometry's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Lyft's score of 0.71 indicating that Xometry is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Xometry	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lyft	11 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Lyft beats Xometry on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.