Head-To-Head Review: voxeljet (NYSE:VJET) and Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ:SMCI)

voxeljet (NYSE:VJET) and Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ:SMCI) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares voxeljet and Super Micro Computer’s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
voxeljet	$29.35 million	0.43	-$11.87 million	($1.41)	-0.98
Super Micro Computer	$7.12 billion	1.89	$640.00 million	$10.85	23.45

Super Micro Computer has higher revenue and earnings than voxeljet. voxeljet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Super Micro Computer, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.3% of voxeljet shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.8% of Super Micro Computer shares are held by institutional investors. 24.5% of voxeljet shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.5% of Super Micro Computer shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for voxeljet and Super Micro Computer, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
voxeljet	0	0	2	0	3.00
Super Micro Computer	0	2	6	0	2.75

voxeljet presently has a consensus price target of $2.50, indicating a potential upside of 81.16%. Super Micro Computer has a consensus price target of $353.88, indicating a potential upside of 39.11%. Given voxeljet’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe voxeljet is more favorable than Super Micro Computer.

Volatility and Risk

voxeljet has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Super Micro Computer has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares voxeljet and Super Micro Computer’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
voxeljet	-53.04%	-52.61%	-19.90%
Super Micro Computer	8.29%	31.26%	17.20%

Summary

Super Micro Computer beats voxeljet on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About voxeljet

voxeljet AG provides three-dimensional (3D) printers and on-demand parts services to industrial and commercial customers in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and the Americas. The company operates in two segments, Systems and Services. The Systems segment develops, manufactures, and sells 3D printers. This segment also offers consumables, including particulate materials, proprietary chemical binding agents, and spare parts, as well as maintenance contracts. The Services segment prints on-demand parts for its customers, as well as creates parts, molds, cores, and models based on designs produced using 3D computer-aided design software; and provides casting services. It serves automotive, aerospace, art and architecture, engineering, and consumer product end markets; foundries and suppliers; and universities and research institutes. The company was formerly known as Voxeljet Technology GmbH and changed its name to voxeljet AG in January 2004. voxeljet AG was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Friedberg, Germany.

About Super Micro Computer

Super Micro Computer, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops and manufactures high performance server and storage solutions based on modular and open architecture in the United States, Europe, Asia, and internationally. Its solutions range from complete server, storage systems, modular blade servers, blades, workstations, full racks, networking devices, server sub-systems, server management software, and security software. The company provides application-optimized server solutions, rackmount and blade servers, storage, and subsystems and accessories; and server software management solutions, such as Server Management Suite, including Supermicro Server Manager, Supermicro Power Management software, Supermicro Update Manager, SuperCloud Composer, and SuperDoctor 5. In addition, it offers server subsystems and accessories comprising server boards, chassis, power supplies, and other accessories. Further, the company provides server and storage system integration, configuration, and software upgrade and update services; and technical documentation services, as well as identifies service requirements, creates and executes project plans, and conducts verification testing and technical documentation, and training services. Additionally, it offers help desk and on-site product support services for its server and storage systems; and customer support services, including ongoing maintenance and technical support for its products. The company provides its products to enterprise data centers, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and 5G and edge computing markets. It sells its products through direct and indirect sales force, distributors, value-added resellers, system integrators, and original equipment manufacturers. The company was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.