Ideal Power (NASDAQ:IPWR – Get Free Report) and Murata Manufacturing (OTCMKTS:MRAAY – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Profitability
This table compares Ideal Power and Murata Manufacturing’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Ideal Power | -26,225.58% | -80.27% | -69.83% |
| Murata Manufacturing | 13.40% | 9.16% | 7.84% |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Ideal Power and Murata Manufacturing”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Ideal Power | $90,000.00 | 409.43 | -$10.42 million | ($1.24) | -3.49 |
| Murata Manufacturing | $11.45 billion | 3.56 | $1.54 billion | $0.43 | 25.47 |
Murata Manufacturing has higher revenue and earnings than Ideal Power. Ideal Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Murata Manufacturing, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Ideal Power and Murata Manufacturing, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Ideal Power | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Murata Manufacturing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Ideal Power presently has a consensus target price of $10.75, suggesting a potential upside of 148.27%. Given Ideal Power’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Ideal Power is more favorable than Murata Manufacturing.
Risk and Volatility
Ideal Power has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Murata Manufacturing has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
16.4% of Ideal Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.8% of Murata Manufacturing shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of Ideal Power shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Murata Manufacturing beats Ideal Power on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Ideal Power
Ideal Power Inc. focuses on the development and commercialization of its bidirectional bipolar junction TRANsistor solid-state switch technology. It also offers SymCool Power Module designed to meet low conduction loss needs of the solid-state circuit breaker market. The company serves electric and hybrid electric vehicles, electric vehicle charging, renewable energy and energy storage system power converters, uninterruptible power supplies for data centers, industrial motor drives, solid-state circuit breakers, distribution and transmission switches and controls, and other industrial and military markets. The company was formerly known as Ideal Power Converters Inc. and changed its name to Ideal Power Inc. in July 2013. Ideal Power Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
About Murata Manufacturing
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. designs, manufactures, and sells ceramic-based passive electronic components and solutions in Japan and internationally. The company offers capacitors, inductors, noise suppression products/EMI suppression filters/ESD protection devices, resistors, thermistors, sensors, timing devices, quartz devices, sound components, power products, batteries, micro mechatronics, RFID product, baluns, couplers, filters, phase shifters, RF switches, front-end modules, SAW components, connectors, antennas, connectivity modules, wireless connectivity platforms, ionizers/active oxygen modules, and transformers. It also offers Femtet, a CAE software that solves various engineering challenges; and provides silver oxide battery. In addition, the company provides connectivity, Wifi sensing, IOT, AI, and RFID solutions. Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. offers its products for use in communications equipment, mobility, enterprise system, industrial, healthcare, medical, personal electronics applications, and other sectors. The company was founded in 1944 and is headquartered in Nagaokakyo, Japan.
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