MKFG vs. DDD, KOPN, RDCM, SILC, LTRX, QMCO, INVE, ALOT, OSS, and ZEPP
Should you be buying Markforged stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Markforged include 3D Systems (DDD), Kopin (KOPN), RADCOM (RDCM), Silicom (SILC), Lantronix (LTRX), Quantum (QMCO), Identiv (INVE), AstroNova (ALOT), One Stop Systems (OSS), and Zepp Health (ZEPP). These companies are all part of the "computer hardware" industry.
Markforged vs.
3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) and Markforged (NYSE:MKFG) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Markforged has a net margin of -101.18% compared to 3D Systems' net margin of -117.65%. 3D Systems' return on equity of -26.72% beat Markforged's return on equity.
3D Systems has a beta of 1.94, indicating that its share price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Markforged has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
64.5% of 3D Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of Markforged shares are held by institutional investors. 4.9% of 3D Systems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 34.7% of Markforged shares are held by 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.
3D Systems presently has a consensus price target of $3.67, indicating a potential upside of 125.64%. Markforged has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.70%. Given 3D Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe 3D Systems is more favorable than Markforged.
Markforged has lower revenue, but higher earnings than 3D Systems. Markforged is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 3D Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
3D Systems received 746 more outperform votes than Markforged when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.28% of users gave 3D Systems an outperform vote while only 35.48% of users gave Markforged an outperform vote.
In the previous week, 3D Systems had 15 more articles in the media than Markforged. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for 3D Systems and 0 mentions for Markforged. Markforged's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat 3D Systems' score of -0.08 indicating that Markforged is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
3D Systems beats Markforged on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MKFG) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
