Contrasting DMC Global (NASDAQ:BOOM) & IperionX (NASDAQ:IPX)

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

77.6% of DMC Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.8% of IperionX shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of DMC Global shares are owned by 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for DMC Global and IperionX, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DMC Global	0	1	0	0	2.00
IperionX	0	0	1	0	3.00

DMC Global presently has a consensus price target of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 30.77%. IperionX has a consensus price target of $28.00, indicating a potential downside of 31.79%. Given DMC Global’s higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe DMC Global is more favorable than IperionX.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares DMC Global and IperionX”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	0.21	-$94.45 million	($8.64)	-0.75
IperionX	N/A	N/A	-$21.84 million	N/A	N/A

IperionX has lower revenue, but higher earnings than DMC Global.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DMC Global	-17.54%	-1.27%	-0.48%
IperionX	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility and Risk

DMC Global has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IperionX has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

IperionX beats DMC Global on 6 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 IperionX

IperionX’s mission is to be the leading developer of low carbon, sustainable, critical material supply chains focused on advanced industries including space, aerospace, electric vehicles and 3D printing. IperionX’s breakthrough titanium technologies have demonstrated the potential to produce titanium products that are sustainable, 100% recyclable, have low carbon intensity and to do so at product qualities that meet or exceed current industry standards. The Company also holds a 100% interest in the Titan Project, covering approximately 11,100 acres of titanium, rare earth minerals, high grade silica sand and zircon rich mineral sands properties in Tennessee.