ERII vs. ACMR, MNTX, IVAC, ASYS, CVV, JBT, MWA, ESE, AIN, and KMT
Should you be buying Energy Recovery stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Energy Recovery include ACM Research (ACMR), Manitex International (MNTX), Intevac (IVAC), Amtech Systems (ASYS), CVD Equipment (CVV), John Bean Technologies (JBT), Mueller Water Products (MWA), ESCO Technologies (ESE), Albany International (AIN), and Kennametal (KMT).
ACM Research (NASDAQ:ACMR) and Energy Recovery (NASDAQ:ERII) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
Energy Recovery has a net margin of 15.38% compared to Energy Recovery's net margin of 13.79%. Energy Recovery's return on equity of 10.26% beat ACM Research's return on equity.
ACM Research currently has a consensus price target of $31.88, suggesting a potential upside of 47.59%. Energy Recovery has a consensus price target of $25.33, suggesting a potential upside of 87.65%. Given ACM Research's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Energy Recovery is more favorable than ACM Research.
In the previous week, ACM Research had 7 more articles in the media than Energy Recovery. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for ACM Research and 8 mentions for Energy Recovery. Energy Recovery's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat ACM Research's score of 0.58 indicating that ACM Research is being referred to more favorably in the media.
66.8% of ACM Research shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.6% of Energy Recovery shares are held by institutional investors. 31.2% of ACM Research shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Energy Recovery shares are held by company 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.
ACM Research has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Energy Recovery has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ACM Research has higher revenue and earnings than Energy Recovery. ACM Research is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Energy Recovery, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Energy Recovery received 137 more outperform votes than ACM Research when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.94% of users gave ACM Research an outperform vote while only 59.83% of users gave Energy Recovery an outperform vote.
Summary
ACM Research beats Energy Recovery on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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