Analyzing Xometry (NASDAQ:XMTR) & Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM)

Xometry (NASDAQ:XMTR) and Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

97.3% of Xometry shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of Akamai Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.8% of Xometry shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Akamai Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Xometry and Akamai Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Xometry	-9.72%	-10.16%	-4.74%
Akamai Technologies	13.27%	14.63%	6.85%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Xometry and Akamai Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Xometry	1	2	6	0	2.56
Akamai Technologies	1	9	10	2	2.59

Xometry currently has a consensus target price of $33.33, suggesting a potential upside of 3.30%. Akamai Technologies has a consensus target price of $107.90, suggesting a potential upside of 40.62%. Given Akamai Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Akamai Technologies is more favorable than Xometry.

Volatility & Risk

Xometry has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Akamai Technologies has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Xometry and Akamai Technologies”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Xometry	$463.41 million	3.45	-$67.47 million	($1.05)	-30.73
Akamai Technologies	$3.97 billion	2.91	$547.63 million	$3.26	23.54

Akamai Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Xometry. Xometry is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Akamai Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Akamai Technologies beats Xometry on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Xometry

Xometry, Inc. operates an online marketplace that enables buyers to source custom-manufactured parts and assemblies in the United States and internationally. It provides computer numerical control manufacturing, sheet metal forming, and sheet cutting; 3D printing, including fused deposition modeling, direct metal laser sintering, PolyJet, stereolithography, selective laser sintering, binder jetting, carbon digital light synthesis, multi jet fusion, and lubricant sublayer photo-curing; and die casting, stamping, injection molding, urethane casting, tube cutting, and tube bending, as well as finishing services, rapid prototyping, and high-volume production services. It serves aerospace, healthcare, robotics, industrial, defense, energy, automotive, government, education, and consumer goods industries. The company was formerly known as NextLine Manufacturing Corp. and changed its name to Xometry, Inc. in June 2015. Xometry, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in North Bethesda, Maryland.

About Akamai Technologies

Akamai Technologies, Inc. provides cloud computing, security, and content delivery services in the United States and internationally. The company offers cloud solutions to keep infrastructure, websites, applications, application programming interfaces, and users safe from various cyberattacks and online threats while enhancing performance. It also provides web and mobile performance solutions to enable dynamic websites and applications; media delivery solutions, including video streaming and video player services, game and software delivery, broadcast operations, authoritative domain name system, resolution, and data and analytics; and cloud computing services, such as compute, storage, networking, database, and container management services to build, deploy, and secure applications and workloads. In addition, the company offers content delivery solutions; and an array of service and support to assist customers with integrating, configuring, optimizing, and managing its offerings. It sells its solutions through various channel partners. Akamai Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.