AGS vs. ODC, DAKT, VTSI, DOGZ, MWG, JCSE, AMCR, BRC, HI, and ARRY
Should you be buying PlayAGS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PlayAGS include Oil-Dri Co. of America (ODC), Daktronics (DAKT), VirTra (VTSI), Dogness (International) (DOGZ), Multi Ways (MWG), JE Cleantech (JCSE), Amcor (AMCR), Brady (BRC), Hillenbrand (HI), and Array Technologies (ARRY). These companies are all part of the "miscellaneous manufacturing industries" industry.
PlayAGS (NYSE:AGS) and Oil-Dri Co. of America (NYSE:ODC) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
77.4% of PlayAGS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.0% of Oil-Dri Co. of America shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of PlayAGS shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of Oil-Dri Co. of America shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Oil-Dri Co. of America has higher revenue and earnings than PlayAGS. Oil-Dri Co. of America is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PlayAGS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PlayAGS presently has a consensus price target of $13.50, indicating a potential upside of 16.88%. Given PlayAGS's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe PlayAGS is more favorable than Oil-Dri Co. of America.
In the previous week, Oil-Dri Co. of America had 4 more articles in the media than PlayAGS. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Oil-Dri Co. of America and 1 mentions for PlayAGS. PlayAGS's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Oil-Dri Co. of America's score of -0.13 indicating that PlayAGS is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PlayAGS received 81 more outperform votes than Oil-Dri Co. of America when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave PlayAGS an outperform vote while only 65.43% of users gave Oil-Dri Co. of America an outperform vote.
Oil-Dri Co. of America has a net margin of 10.14% compared to PlayAGS's net margin of 1.38%. Oil-Dri Co. of America's return on equity of 26.98% beat PlayAGS's return on equity.
PlayAGS has a beta of 2.38, suggesting that its share price is 138% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oil-Dri Co. of America has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Oil-Dri Co. of America beats PlayAGS on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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