XMTR vs. KRNT, ERII, PRLB, CECO, ASTE, DXPE, GRC, OFLX, MYE, and IIIN
Should you be buying Xometry stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Xometry include Kornit Digital (KRNT), Energy Recovery (ERII), Proto Labs (PRLB), CECO Environmental (CECO), Astec Industries (ASTE), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), Gorman-Rupp (GRC), Omega Flex (OFLX), Myers Industries (MYE), and Insteel Industries (IIIN). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Kornit Digital (NASDAQ:KRNT) and Xometry (NASDAQ:XMTR) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and earnings.
Kornit Digital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Xometry. Kornit Digital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Xometry, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kornit Digital presently has a consensus price target of $24.67, indicating a potential upside of 62.49%. Xometry has a consensus price target of $24.40, indicating a potential upside of 50.34%. Given Xometry's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Kornit Digital is more favorable than Xometry.
92.8% of Kornit Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of Xometry shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Kornit Digital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.2% of Xometry shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Xometry had 6 more articles in the media than Kornit Digital. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Xometry and 5 mentions for Kornit Digital. Xometry's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Kornit Digital's score of 0.42 indicating that Kornit Digital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kornit Digital has a beta of 1.88, meaning that its stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xometry has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Xometry has a net margin of -13.68% compared to Xometry's net margin of -27.17%. Xometry's return on equity of -4.31% beat Kornit Digital's return on equity.
Kornit Digital received 355 more outperform votes than Xometry when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.60% of users gave Kornit Digital an outperform vote while only 44.00% of users gave Xometry an outperform vote.
Summary
Kornit Digital beats Xometry on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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