Comparing Stratasys (NASDAQ:SSYS) & Samfine Creation Holdings Group (NASDAQ:SFHG)

Samfine Creation Holdings Group (NASDAQ:SFHG) and Stratasys (NASDAQ:SSYS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Samfine Creation Holdings Group and Stratasys, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Samfine Creation Holdings Group	0	0	0	0	0.00
Stratasys	0	0	3	0	3.00

Stratasys has a consensus price target of $14.33, suggesting a potential upside of 23.67%. Given Stratasys’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Stratasys is more favorable than Samfine Creation Holdings Group.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

75.8% of Stratasys shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of Stratasys shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Samfine Creation Holdings Group and Stratasys’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Samfine Creation Holdings Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Stratasys	-17.42%	-1.06%	-0.82%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Samfine Creation Holdings Group and Stratasys”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Samfine Creation Holdings Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Stratasys	$572.46 million	1.72	-$120.28 million	($1.34)	-8.65

Samfine Creation Holdings Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Stratasys.

Summary

Stratasys beats Samfine Creation Holdings Group on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Samfine Creation Holdings Group

Samfine Creation Holdings Group Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides commercial printing services in Hong Kong, the People’s Republic of China, the United States, and Europe. It offers a range of printed products, such as children’s books, educational books, art books, notebooks, diaries, and journals; and novelty and packaging products, including handcraft products, book sets, pop-up books, stationery products, products with assembly parts, and other specialized products, as well as shopping bags and package boxes. The company was founded in 1993 and is based in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong.

About Stratasys

Stratasys Ltd. provides connected polymer-based 3D printing solutions. It offers range of 3D printing systems, which includes polyjet printer, Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) printers, stereolithography printing systems, origin P3 printers, and selective absorption fusion printer for additive manufacturing, and tooling and rapid prototyping for various vertical markets, such as automotive, aerospace, consumer products and healthcare. The company provides consumable materials, including 3D printing materials comprising FDM, polyjet, and stereolithography materials for manufacturing applications, such as jigs and fixtures, investment casting, and injection mold or composite tooling applications; and other material. In addition, it offers software and services, which includes cloud, desktop and mobile technologies comprising GrabCAD, an additive manufacturing platform to manage production-scale operations; and GrabCAD Print, job programming software enables the unique features of 3D printing technologies, such as creating lightweight, structurally sound infills for FDM, and multi-material and color and material management for polyjet. The company also provides GrabCAD Shop including scheduling, remote monitoring, and analytics; GrabCAD Connect provides two-way SDK integration for third-party software applications; and GrabCAD Community, an online community of professional engineers, designers, manufacturers and students who share their practices through tutorials, discussion forums, design/print challenges, and 3D content. Further, it offers GrabCAD Shop, which simplifies 3D printing shop workflow; GrabCAD Streamline Software Development Kit (SDK) to support enterprise goals such as system connectivity, compliance, and workflow automation; and Grab CAD Software Partner program for independent software vendors. The company sells its products through a network of resellers and independent sales agents worldwide. Stratasys Ltd. is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.