Head-To-Head Review: DMC Global (NASDAQ:BOOM) versus JE Cleantech (NASDAQ:JCSE)

DMC Global (NASDAQ:BOOM) and JE Cleantech (NASDAQ:JCSE) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and valuation.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares DMC Global and JE Cleantech”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DMC Global	$642.85 million	0.28	-$94.45 million	($0.47)	-18.32
JE Cleantech	$14.11 million	0.60	$30,000.00	N/A	N/A

JE Cleantech has lower revenue, but higher earnings than DMC Global.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for DMC Global and JE Cleantech, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DMC Global	1	2	0	0	1.67
JE Cleantech	1	0	0	0	1.00

DMC Global currently has a consensus price target of $8.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.28%. Given DMC Global’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe DMC Global is more favorable than JE Cleantech.

Risk & Volatility

DMC Global has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JE Cleantech has a beta of 0.24, suggesting that its share price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares DMC Global and JE Cleantech’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DMC Global	-1.69%	1.89%	0.72%
JE Cleantech	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

77.6% of DMC Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of JE Cleantech shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of DMC Global shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 64.0% of JE Cleantech shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

DMC Global beats JE Cleantech on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About DMC Global

DMC Global Inc. provides a suite of engineered products and various solutions for the construction, energy, industrial processing, and transportation markets worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Arcadia, DynaEnergetics, and NobelClad. The Arcadia segment manufactures, assembles, and sells architectural building products, including exterior and interior framing systems, curtain walls, windows, doors, and interior partitions; architectural components, architectural framing systems, entrance systems, and sun control products; sliding and glazing systems; and thermally broken steel, aluminum windows and doors, and wood doors and windows. It sells its products through a national in-house sales force for buildings, such as office towers, airports, hotels, education and athletic facilities, health care locations, government buildings, retail centers, mixed use, and multi-family residential buildings. The DynaEnergetics segment designs, manufactures, markets, and sells perforating systems, including initiation systems, shaped charges, detonating cords, gun hardware, and control panels; and perforating systems and associated hardware for the oil and gas industry. It sells its products through direct selling, distributors, and independent sales representatives. The NobelClad segment produces and sells explosion-welded clad metal plates for use in the construction of heavy, corrosion resistant pressure vessels, and heat exchangers for oil and gas, chemical and petrochemical, alternative energy, hydrometallurgy, aluminum production, shipbuilding, rail car manufacturing, power generation, and industrial refrigeration industries. It sells its products through direct sales personnel, program managers, and independent sales representatives. The company was formerly known as Dynamic Materials Corporation and changed its name to DMC Global Inc. in November 2016. DMC Global Inc. was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado.

About JE Cleantech

JE Cleantech Holdings Limited, an investment holding company, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells cleaning systems for various industrial end-use applications in Singapore, Malaysia, and internationally. It provides various cleaning systems and other equipment, including aqueous washing systems, plating and cleaning systems, train cleaning systems, and filtration units, as well as equipment parts and components. The company also offers centralized dishwashing services for food and beverage establishments, such as food courts, hawker centers, restaurants, cookhouses, eldercare homes, and inflight catering service provider, as well as general cleaning services for food courts and hawker centers. In addition, it leases dishware washing equipment. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Singapore. JE Cleantech Holdings Limited is a subsidiary of JE Cleantech Global Limited.