Snap (NYSE:SNAP – Get Free Report) and Materialise (NASDAQ:MTLS – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
47.5% of Snap shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.3% of Materialise shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Snap and Materialise, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Snap | 2 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 2.22 |
| Materialise | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.33 |
Profitability
This table compares Snap and Materialise’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Snap | -6.72% | -18.92% | -5.44% |
| Materialise | 3.77% | 4.05% | 2.47% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Snap and Materialise”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Snap | $5.93 billion | 1.30 | -$460.49 million | ($0.24) | -19.02 |
| Materialise | $302.73 million | 1.28 | $8.73 million | $0.20 | 32.80 |
Materialise has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Snap. Snap is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Materialise, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk and Volatility
Snap has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Materialise has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Materialise beats Snap on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Snap
Snap Inc. operates as a technology company in North America, Europe, and internationally. The company offers Snapchat, a visual messaging application with various tabs, such as camera, visual messaging, snap map, stories, and spotlight that enable people to communicate visually through short videos and images. It also provides Spectacles, an eyewear product that connects with Snapchat and captures photos and video from a human perspective; and advertising products, including AR ads and Snap ads comprises a single image or video ads, collection ads, dynamic ads, story ads, and commercials. The company was formerly known as Snapchat, Inc. and changed its name to Snap Inc. in September 2016. Snap Inc. was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.
About Materialise
Materialise NV provides additive manufacturing and medical software, and 3D printing services in the Americas, Europe and Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. The company operates through three segments: Materialise Software, Materialise Medical, and Materialise Manufacturing. The Materialise Software segment offers software through programs and platforms that enable and enhance the functionality of 3D printers and of 3D printing operations. Its software interfaces between various types of 3D printers; and various software applications and capturing technologies, including computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing packages and 3D scanners. This segment serves 3D printing machine manufacturers; production companies and contract manufacturers in automotive, aerospace, consumer goods, and hearing aid industries; and 3D printing service bureaus through its sales force, Website, and third party distributors. The Materialise Medical segment provides medical software that allows medical-image based analysis, planning, and engineering, as well as patient-specific design and printing of surgical devices and implants. It serves medical device companies, hospitals, universities, research institutes, and industrial companies through its direct sales force, Website, and picture archiving and communication system. The Materialise Manufacturing segment provides 3D printing services, design and engineering services, and rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing of production parts to industrial and commercial customers. The company has collaboration agreements with Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.; Encore Medical, L.P.; DePuy Synthes Companies of Johnson & Johnson; Limacorporate Spa; Mathys AG; Corin Ltd; Smith & Nephew Inc.; Corin Ltd; Medtronic Inc.; and Abbott Laboratories Inc. Materialise NV was incorporated in 1990 and is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium.
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