Analyzing Euro Tech (NASDAQ:CLWT) & Xometry (NASDAQ:XMTR)

Xometry (NASDAQ:XMTR) and Euro Tech (NASDAQ:CLWT) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Xometry and Euro Tech, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Xometry	1	4	6	1	2.58
Euro Tech	1	0	0	0	1.00

Xometry presently has a consensus target price of $108.33, suggesting a potential upside of 12.54%. Given Xometry’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Xometry is more favorable than Euro Tech.

Profitability

This table compares Xometry and Euro Tech’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Xometry	-3.82%	-2.88%	-1.29%
Euro Tech	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk & Volatility

Xometry has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Euro Tech has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Xometry and Euro Tech”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Xometry	$807.53 million	6.18	-$61.74 million	($0.60)	-160.43
Euro Tech	$13.27 million	0.93	$160,000.00	N/A	N/A

Euro Tech has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Xometry.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

97.3% of Xometry shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.9% of Euro Tech shares are held by institutional investors. 9.1% of Xometry shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 79.0% of Euro Tech shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Xometry beats Euro Tech on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Euro Tech

Euro Tech Holdings Company Limited primarily distributes water treatment equipment, laboratory instruments, analyzers, test kits and related supplies, and power generation equipment to commercial customers, and governmental agencies in Hong Kong and the People's Republic of China. The company operates in two segments, Trading and Manufacturing, and Engineering. It sells analytical instruments, such as spectrophotometers, colorimeters, chromatographs, mass spectrometers, flow injector analyzers, automated sample preparation workstations, and atomic spectrometers; environmental monitoring instruments comprising air and water quality monitoring instruments; sample pre-treatment equipment; and general-purpose laboratory instruments consisting of water quality monitoring and analysis equipment. The company also distributes general testing and measuring equipment comprising multi-channel digital and analogue recorders, signal amplifiers, and calibration equipment for energy conservation, renewable energy equipment, power quality analyzers, and continuous emissions monitoring systems; and air pollution control systems to power plants, railway and aero-space industries, utilities, educational institutions, and telecommunications companies. In addition, it offers process control systems, including sensors, temperature and pressure gauges, power and energy consumption meters, flow meters, valves, temperature and pressure transmitters and control devices, and temperature and pressure calibrators, as well as moisture, power, energy, and harmonic analyzers; systems engineering services; and maintenance, installation assistance, and calibration services. Further, the company distributes programmable logic controllers, telemetry units, and supervisory control and data acquisition systems and software. Euro Tech Holdings Company Limited was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Hong Kong, Hong Kong.