ARC vs. DNMR, VTNR, ACNT, UFI, RSSS, HURC, LAKE, MNTX, WRAP, and TPIC
Should you be buying ARC Document Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ARC Document Solutions include Danimer Scientific (DNMR), Vertex Energy (VTNR), Ascent Industries (ACNT), Unifi (UFI), Research Solutions (RSSS), Hurco Companies (HURC), Lakeland Industries (LAKE), Manitex International (MNTX), Wrap Technologies (WRAP), and TPI Composites (TPIC). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
ARC Document Solutions (NYSE:ARC) and Danimer Scientific (NYSE:DNMR) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.
ARC Document Solutions has a net margin of 2.93% compared to Danimer Scientific's net margin of -333.03%. ARC Document Solutions' return on equity of 7.49% beat Danimer Scientific's return on equity.
ARC Document Solutions has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Danimer Scientific has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
48.9% of ARC Document Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.8% of Danimer Scientific shares are held by institutional investors. 18.8% of ARC Document Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.3% of Danimer Scientific shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
ARC Document Solutions received 241 more outperform votes than Danimer Scientific when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.29% of users gave ARC Document Solutions an outperform vote while only 39.13% of users gave Danimer Scientific an outperform vote.
ARC Document Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Danimer Scientific. Danimer Scientific is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ARC Document Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Danimer Scientific has a consensus target price of $1.63, indicating a potential upside of 105.62%. Given Danimer Scientific's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Danimer Scientific is more favorable than ARC Document Solutions.
In the previous week, ARC Document Solutions had 4 more articles in the media than Danimer Scientific. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for ARC Document Solutions and 0 mentions for Danimer Scientific. Danimer Scientific's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat ARC Document Solutions' score of 0.21 indicating that Danimer Scientific is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
ARC Document Solutions beats Danimer Scientific on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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