NNBR vs. OFLX, FSTR, GHM, BOOM, PLL, EML, HURC, AP, TBLT, and TKR
Should you be buying NN stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NN include Omega Flex (OFLX), L.B. Foster (FSTR), Graham (GHM), DMC Global (BOOM), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), Eastern (EML), Hurco Companies (HURC), Ampco-Pittsburgh (AP), ToughBuilt Industries (TBLT), and Timken (TKR). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Omega Flex (NASDAQ:OFLX) and NN (NASDAQ:NNBR) 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 dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.
In the previous week, Omega Flex had 3 more articles in the media than NN. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Omega Flex and 4 mentions for NN. NN's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Omega Flex's score of 0.43 indicating that Omega Flex is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Omega Flex has higher earnings, but lower revenue than NN. NN is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Omega Flex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
36.1% of Omega Flex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.9% of NN shares are held by institutional investors. 65.2% of Omega Flex shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of NN shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Omega Flex has a net margin of 18.03% compared to Omega Flex's net margin of -10.86%. NN's return on equity of 24.76% beat Omega Flex's return on equity.
Omega Flex has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NN has a beta of 3.04, meaning that its stock price is 204% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NN has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 53.85%. Given Omega Flex's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe NN is more favorable than Omega Flex.
NN received 138 more outperform votes than Omega Flex when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.26% of users gave Omega Flex an outperform vote while only 51.67% of users gave NN an outperform vote.
Summary
Omega Flex beats NN on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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