Head to Head Analysis: TOMI Environmental Solutions (NASDAQ:TOMZ) & Broadwind Energy (NASDAQ:BWEN)

Broadwind Energy (NASDAQ:BWEN) and TOMI Environmental Solutions (NASDAQ:TOMZ) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Volatility & Risk

Broadwind Energy has a beta of 1.76, indicating that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TOMI Environmental Solutions has a beta of 1.95, indicating that its share price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Broadwind Energy and TOMI Environmental Solutions, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Broadwind Energy	0	1	2	0	2.67
TOMI Environmental Solutions	1	0	1	0	2.00

Broadwind Energy currently has a consensus price target of $6.25, suggesting a potential upside of 90.55%. TOMI Environmental Solutions has a consensus price target of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 376.19%. Given TOMI Environmental Solutions’ higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe TOMI Environmental Solutions is more favorable than Broadwind Energy.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Broadwind Energy and TOMI Environmental Solutions”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Broadwind Energy	$158.05 million	0.49	$5.24 million	$0.23	14.26
TOMI Environmental Solutions	$5.64 million	2.12	-$3.75 million	($0.50)	-2.94

Broadwind Energy has higher revenue and earnings than TOMI Environmental Solutions. TOMI Environmental Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Broadwind Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

33.3% of Broadwind Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.8% of TOMI Environmental Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of Broadwind Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.2% of TOMI Environmental Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Broadwind Energy and TOMI Environmental Solutions’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Broadwind Energy	3.90%	-1.54%	-0.87%
TOMI Environmental Solutions	-49.77%	-326.81%	-44.61%

Summary

Broadwind Energy beats TOMI Environmental Solutions on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Broadwind Energy

Broadwind, Inc. manufactures and sells structures, equipment, and components for clean tech and other specialized applications primarily in the United States. It operates through three segments: Heavy Fabrications, Gearing, and Industrial Solutions. The Heavy Fabrications segment provides fabrications to various industrial markets. It offers steel towers and adapters primarily to wind turbine manufacturers. Its Gearing segment provides gearing, gearboxes, and precision machined components to a range of customers in diverse markets, including surface and underground mining, wind energy, steel, material handling, infrastructure, onshore and offshore oil and gas fracking and drilling, marine, and other industrial markets. This segment also offers heat treat services for aftermarket and original equipment manufacturer applications. The Industrial Solutions segment provides supply chain solutions for offering instrumentation and controls, valve assemblies, sensor devices, fuel system components, electrical junction boxes and wiring, energy storage services, and electromechanical devices; light fabrication, inventory management, and kitting and assembly services; packaging solutions; and supply chain solutions, light fabrication, inventory management, and kitting and assembly services for combined cycle natural gas turbine market. It sells its products to the energy, mining, and infrastructure sectors through its direct sales force and independent sales agents. The company was formerly known as Broadwind Energy, Inc. and changed its name to Broadwind, Inc. in May 2020. Broadwind, Inc. is headquartered in Cicero, Illinois.

About TOMI Environmental Solutions

TOMI Environmental Solutions, Inc., a bacteria decontamination and infectious disease control company, engages in the provision of environmental solutions for indoor air and surface disinfection and decontamination in the United States and internationally. The company’s disinfection solutions include SteraPak portable disinfection systems, SteraMist select surface units, SteraMist environment systems, SteraMist total disinfection carts, SteraMist transport units, NV+ fogging disinfection and decontamination systems, SteraMist custom engineered systems, SteraMist Hybrid disinfection systems, SteraMist integrated systems, Stainless Steel 90-Degree applicators, SteraMist plasma decontamination chambers, and iHP Corporate Service Decontamination, which provides full room, equipment, facility, and emergency disinfection and decontamination services. It also manufactures, sells, services, and licenses SteraMist Binary Ionization Technology, a hydrogen peroxide-based mist and fog. The company’s products and services are used in hospitals and medical facilities, bio-safety labs, pharmaceutical facilities, meat and produce processing facilities, universities and research facilities, vivarium labs, and other service industries, including cruise ships, office buildings, hotel and motel rooms, schools, restaurants, military barracks, police and fire departments, prisons, and athletic facilities; and single-family homes and multi-unit residences. TOMI Environmental Solutions, Inc. was incorporated in 1979 and is headquartered in Frederick, Maryland.