BOOM vs. SPLP, GRC, PRLB, ERII, OFLX, FSTR, GHM, PLL, EML, and NNBR
Should you be buying DMC Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DMC Global include Steel Partners (SPLP), Gorman-Rupp (GRC), Proto Labs (PRLB), Energy Recovery (ERII), Omega Flex (OFLX), L.B. Foster (FSTR), Graham (GHM), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), Eastern (EML), and NN (NNBR).
Steel Partners (NYSE:SPLP) and DMC Global (NASDAQ:BOOM) are both small-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and community ranking.
DMC Global received 92 more outperform votes than Steel Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.04% of users gave Steel Partners an outperform vote while only 63.79% of users gave DMC Global an outperform vote.
50.8% of Steel Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.6% of DMC Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 79.2% of Steel Partners shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of DMC Global shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Steel Partners has a net margin of 8.27% compared to Steel Partners' net margin of 3.61%. DMC Global's return on equity of 16.61% beat Steel Partners' return on equity.
DMC Global has a consensus target price of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 84.76%. Given Steel Partners' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe DMC Global is more favorable than Steel Partners.
In the previous week, Steel Partners had 1 more articles in the media than DMC Global. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Steel Partners and 2 mentions for DMC Global. Steel Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat DMC Global's score of 0.28 indicating that DMC Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Steel Partners has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DMC Global has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Steel Partners has higher revenue and earnings than DMC Global. Steel Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DMC Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Steel Partners beats DMC Global on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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