Mitsui & Co. (OTCMKTS:MITSY – Get Free Report) and Xometry (NASDAQ:XMTR – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Mitsui & Co. and Xometry”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Mitsui & Co. | $92.97 billion | 0.94 | $5.21 billion | $43.92 | 13.99 |
| Xometry | $879.25 million | 7.11 | -$61.74 million | ($0.34) | -354.68 |
Mitsui & Co. has higher revenue and earnings than Xometry. Xometry is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mitsui & Co., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
97.3% of Xometry shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Mitsui & Co. shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.1% of Xometry shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Volatility & Risk
Mitsui & Co. has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xometry has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Mitsui & Co. and Xometry’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Mitsui & Co. | 6.32% | 10.96% | 4.80% |
| Xometry | -1.97% | 0.18% | 0.09% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Mitsui & Co. and Xometry, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Mitsui & Co. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.00 |
| Xometry | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2.54 |
Xometry has a consensus target price of $123.64, indicating a potential upside of 2.53%. Given Xometry’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Xometry is more favorable than Mitsui & Co..
Summary
Mitsui & Co. beats Xometry on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Mitsui & Co.
Mitsui & Co., Ltd. operates as an trading and investment company worldwide. The company engages in the manufacture and sale of steel products; steel processing, maintenance, and recycling activities; investment, development, and trading of mineral and metal resources, as well as resource recycling and industrial developing solutions; and upstream development, logistics, and trading of energy resources, such as natural gas/LNG, oil, coal, and uranium. It also offers power, gas, water, rail, and logistics systems; sales, financing, lease, transportation, and logistics services; and invests in plants, offshore energy development, ships, aviation, space, railways, and automotives, as well as machinery for mining, construction, and industrial use. In addition, the company provides basic chemicals and inorganic raw materials, functional materials, electronic materials, specialty chemicals, housing and lifestyle materials, agri-inputs, animal/human nutrition, and health products; and logistics infrastructures services, including tank terminal operation, as well as plastic recycling and next-generation energy, such as hydrogen and ammonia and forest resources businesses. Further, it engages in the food resources and products, merchandising, retail, fashion and textiles, wellness, healthcare, pharma, hospitality, and human capital businesses. Additionally, it is involved in the ICT, finance, real estate, and logistics businesses. The company was incorporated in 1947 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Mitsui E&P Italia B operates as a subsidiary of Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
About Xometry
Xometry, Inc. operates an online marketplace that enables buyers to source custom-manufactured parts and assemblies in the United States and internationally. It provides computer numerical control manufacturing, sheet metal forming, and sheet cutting; 3D printing, including fused deposition modeling, direct metal laser sintering, PolyJet, stereolithography, selective laser sintering, binder jetting, carbon digital light synthesis, multi jet fusion, and lubricant sublayer photo-curing; and die casting, stamping, injection molding, urethane casting, tube cutting, and tube bending, as well as finishing services, rapid prototyping, and high-volume production services. It serves aerospace, healthcare, robotics, industrial, defense, energy, automotive, government, education, and consumer goods industries. The company was formerly known as NextLine Manufacturing Corp. and changed its name to Xometry, Inc. in June 2015. Xometry, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in North Bethesda, Maryland.
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