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PRLB vs. MWA, KAI, AIN, SXI, KMT, TNC, TRS, GRC, HY, and ERII

Should you be buying Proto Labs stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Proto Labs include Mueller Water Products (MWA), Kadant (KAI), Albany International (AIN), Standex International (SXI), Kennametal (KMT), Tennant (TNC), TriMas (TRS), Gorman-Rupp (GRC), Hyster-Yale (HY), and Energy Recovery (ERII). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.

Proto Labs vs. Its Competitors

Proto Labs (NYSE:PRLB) and Mueller Water Products (NYSE:MWA) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and risk.

Proto Labs currently has a consensus target price of $43.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.67%. Mueller Water Products has a consensus target price of $26.25, indicating a potential upside of 5.17%. Given Mueller Water Products' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Mueller Water Products is more favorable than Proto Labs.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Proto Labs
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Mueller Water Products
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

In the previous week, Mueller Water Products had 10 more articles in the media than Proto Labs. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Mueller Water Products and 4 mentions for Proto Labs. Mueller Water Products' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Proto Labs' score of 0.36 indicating that Mueller Water Products is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Proto Labs
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Mueller Water Products
11 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Mueller Water Products has a net margin of 10.48% compared to Proto Labs' net margin of 2.99%. Mueller Water Products' return on equity of 21.31% beat Proto Labs' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Proto Labs2.99% 2.22% 1.99%
Mueller Water Products 10.48%21.31%10.86%

84.5% of Proto Labs shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.7% of Mueller Water Products shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Proto Labs shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Mueller Water Products shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Mueller Water Products has higher revenue and earnings than Proto Labs. Mueller Water Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Proto Labs, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Proto Labs$500.89M1.95$16.59M$0.6068.47
Mueller Water Products$1.31B2.97$115.90M$0.9127.43

Proto Labs has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mueller Water Products has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Mueller Water Products beats Proto Labs on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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.
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PRLB vs. The Competition

MetricProto LabsRUBBER&PLASTICS IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$967.70M$426.72M$7.71B$20.49B
Dividend YieldN/A3.54%4.54%3.74%
P/E Ratio68.4719.4425.0627.90
Price / Sales1.951.04116.2739.35
Price / Cash19.049.4327.3522.25
Price / Book1.501.434.434.59
Net Income$16.59M$12.66M$791.63M$982.91M
7 Day Performance-0.22%-6.86%0.59%0.11%
1 Month Performance4.65%-12.56%4.93%3.55%
1 Year Performance36.25%8.41%33.55%13.79%

Proto Labs Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PRLB
Proto Labs
1.7173 of 5 stars
$41.08
+0.9%
$43.00
+4.7%
+35.7%$967.70M$500.89M68.472,357
MWA
Mueller Water Products
4.5371 of 5 stars
$24.38
-1.7%
$26.25
+7.7%
+38.2%$3.82B$1.31B26.793,400Positive News
KAI
Kadant
1.9753 of 5 stars
$318.77
-3.4%
$327.50
+2.7%
+9.5%$3.76B$1.05B33.843,500News Coverage
Positive News
AIN
Albany International
3.8098 of 5 stars
$70.79
-2.0%
$79.00
+11.6%
-12.8%$2.14B$1.23B28.545,400
SXI
Standex International
4.3629 of 5 stars
$163.54
-3.0%
$223.33
+36.6%
+3.1%$1.97B$720.64M32.323,700
KMT
Kennametal
1.4799 of 5 stars
$23.59
-3.2%
$25.40
+7.7%
+7.5%$1.80B$2.05B16.978,447
TNC
Tennant
4.9709 of 5 stars
$80.93
-1.3%
$125.00
+54.5%
-14.7%$1.51B$1.29B22.614,632News Coverage
TRS
TriMas
4.4448 of 5 stars
$29.71
-0.9%
$40.00
+34.6%
+21.8%$1.21B$925.01M38.583,900
GRC
Gorman-Rupp
3.5314 of 5 stars
$37.81
-2.4%
N/A+3.6%$994.03M$659.67M22.371,450
HY
Hyster-Yale
3.651 of 5 stars
$41.66
-2.1%
$70.00
+68.0%
-35.2%$737.80M$4.31B7.438,500
ERII
Energy Recovery
4.7677 of 5 stars
$12.88
-2.4%
$18.88
+46.5%
-1.5%$701.96M$144.95M34.81250Positive News

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