BOOM vs. CMCO, GHM, OFLX, FSTR, PLL, EML, NNBR, HURC, AP, and TBLT
Should you be buying DMC Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DMC Global include Columbus McKinnon (CMCO), Graham (GHM), Omega Flex (OFLX), L.B. Foster (FSTR), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), Eastern (EML), NN (NNBR), Hurco Companies (HURC), Ampco-Pittsburgh (AP), and ToughBuilt Industries (TBLT). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
DMC Global vs.
Columbus McKinnon (NASDAQ:CMCO) and DMC Global (NASDAQ:BOOM) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Columbus McKinnon has a net margin of 0.95% compared to DMC Global's net margin of -14.23%. Columbus McKinnon's return on equity of 8.64% beat DMC Global's return on equity.
In the previous week, Columbus McKinnon had 27 more articles in the media than DMC Global. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Columbus McKinnon and 4 mentions for DMC Global. DMC Global's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Columbus McKinnon's score of 0.66 indicating that DMC Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Columbus McKinnon has higher revenue and earnings than DMC Global. Columbus McKinnon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DMC Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Columbus McKinnon presently has a consensus target price of $44.00, suggesting a potential upside of 199.77%. DMC Global has a consensus target price of $16.25, suggesting a potential upside of 133.98%. Given Columbus McKinnon's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Columbus McKinnon is more favorable than DMC Global.
96.0% of Columbus McKinnon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.6% of DMC Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Columbus McKinnon shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of DMC Global shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
DMC Global received 19 more outperform votes than Columbus McKinnon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.40% of users gave DMC Global an outperform vote while only 60.89% of users gave Columbus McKinnon an outperform vote.
Columbus McKinnon has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DMC Global has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Columbus McKinnon pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. DMC Global pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Columbus McKinnon pays out -164.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DMC Global pays out -6.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Summary
Columbus McKinnon beats DMC Global on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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