Head-To-Head Contrast: 3Dx Industries (OTCMKTS:DDDX) vs. IDEX (NYSE:IEX)

IDEX (NYSE:IEX) and 3Dx Industries (OTCMKTS:DDDX) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

98.0% of IDEX shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of IDEX shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for IDEX and 3Dx Industries, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IDEX	0	2	6	0	2.75
3Dx Industries	0	0	0	0	0.00

IDEX currently has a consensus target price of $228.22, suggesting a potential upside of 10.54%. Given IDEX’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe IDEX is more favorable than 3Dx Industries.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares IDEX and 3Dx Industries”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
IDEX	$3.46 billion	4.47	$483.20 million	$6.41	32.21
3Dx Industries	$260,000.00	1.70	-$400,000.00	N/A	N/A

IDEX has higher revenue and earnings than 3Dx Industries.

Profitability

This table compares IDEX and 3Dx Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IDEX	13.98%	15.03%	8.70%
3Dx Industries	-152.47%	N/A	N/A

Volatility and Risk

IDEX has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, 3Dx Industries has a beta of 1.92, suggesting that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

IDEX beats 3Dx Industries on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About IDEX

IDEX Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides applied solutions worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Fluid & Metering Technologies (FMT), Health & Science Technologies (HST), and Fire & Safety/Diversified Products (FSDP). The FMT segment designs, produces, and distributes positive displacement pumps, valves, small volume provers, flow meters, injectors, and other fluid-handling pump modules and systems, as well as flow monitoring and other services for the food, chemical, general industrial, water and wastewater, agricultural, and energy industries. The HST segment designs, produces, and distributes precision fluidics positive displacement pumps, powder and liquid processing technologies, drying systems, micro-precision components, pneumatic components and sealing solutions, high performance molded and extruded sealing components, custom mechanical and shaft seals, engineered hygienic mixers and valves, biocompatible medical devices and implantables, air compressors and blowers, optical components and coatings, laboratory and commercial equipment, and precision photonic solutions. This segment serves food and beverage, life sciences, analytical instruments, pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical, industrial, semiconductor, automotive/transportation, medical/dental, energy, cosmetics, marine, chemical, wastewater and water treatment, research and aerospace/defense markets. The FSDP segment designs, produces, and distributes firefighting pumps, valves and controls, rescue tools, lifting bags, and other components and systems for the fire and rescue industry; engineered stainless steel banding and clamping devices for various industrial and commercial applications; and precision equipment for dispensing, metering, and mixing colorants and paints used in retail and commercial businesses. IDEX Corporation was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois.

About 3Dx Industries

3DX Industries, Inc. manufactures and sells consumer and corporate products using an additive manufacturing method through 3D metal printing technology, and conventional precision manufacturing processes. The company was formerly known as Amarok Resources, Inc. and changed its name to 3DX Industries, Inc. in November 2013. 3DX Industries, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Ferndale, Washington.