ASYS vs. DM, MNTX, IVAC, SOTK, VLD, CVV, TRT, ERII, VECO, and ASML
Should you be buying Amtech Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amtech Systems include Desktop Metal (DM), Manitex International (MNTX), Intevac (IVAC), Sono-Tek (SOTK), Velo3D (VLD), CVD Equipment (CVV), Trio-Tech International (TRT), Energy Recovery (ERII), Veeco Instruments (VECO), and ASML (ASML). These companies are all part of the "special industry machinery, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Desktop Metal (NYSE:DM) and Amtech Systems (NASDAQ:ASYS) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Amtech Systems has a net margin of -19.70% compared to Amtech Systems' net margin of -170.77%. Desktop Metal's return on equity of -4.54% beat Amtech Systems' return on equity.
Amtech Systems has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Desktop Metal. Amtech Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Desktop Metal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Desktop Metal received 68 more outperform votes than Amtech Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.10% of users gave Amtech Systems an outperform vote while only 57.81% of users gave Desktop Metal an outperform vote.
56.3% of Desktop Metal shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.2% of Amtech Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.2% of Desktop Metal shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.9% of Amtech Systems shares are owned 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.
Desktop Metal currently has a consensus price target of $1.25, indicating a potential upside of 121.75%. Given Amtech Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Desktop Metal is more favorable than Amtech Systems.
Desktop Metal has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amtech Systems has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Desktop Metal and Desktop Metal both had 3 articles in the media. Desktop Metal's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Amtech Systems' score of 0.15 indicating that Amtech Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Desktop Metal beats Amtech Systems on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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