Art’s-Way Manufacturing (NASDAQ:ARTW – Get Free Report) and ClearSign Technologies (NASDAQ:CLIR – Get Free Report) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Art’s-Way Manufacturing and ClearSign Technologies”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Art’s-Way Manufacturing | $22.98 million | 0.74 | $1.03 million | ($0.09) | -36.18 |
| ClearSign Technologies | $5.45 million | 3.06 | -$5.50 million | ($0.91) | -2.69 |
Art’s-Way Manufacturing has higher revenue and earnings than ClearSign Technologies. Art’s-Way Manufacturing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ClearSign Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility & Risk
Art’s-Way Manufacturing has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ClearSign Technologies has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
2.9% of Art’s-Way Manufacturing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.0% of ClearSign Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 51.5% of Art’s-Way Manufacturing shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of ClearSign Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Art’s-Way Manufacturing and ClearSign Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Art’s-Way Manufacturing | -1.65% | -3.07% | -1.76% |
| ClearSign Technologies | -96.07% | -58.08% | -44.61% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Art’s-Way Manufacturing and ClearSign Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Art’s-Way Manufacturing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| ClearSign Technologies | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
ClearSign Technologies has a consensus price target of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 716.33%. Given ClearSign Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ClearSign Technologies is more favorable than Art’s-Way Manufacturing.
About Art’s-Way Manufacturing
Art’s-Way Manufacturing Co., Inc. manufactures and distributes farm equipment products. It operates through the Agricultural Products, and Modular Buildings segments. The Agricultural Products segment manufactures a variety of specialized farm machinery under its own label including portable and stationary animal feed processing equipment and related attachments used to mill and mix feed grains into custom animal feed rations, a line of forage equipment consisting of forage boxes, bale processors, running gear, and dump boxes, a line of manure spreaders, sugar beet harvesting equipment, and a line of dirt work equipment. The Modular Buildings segment produces and sells modular buildings, which are custom designed to meet the specific research needs of its customers. It also provides services relating to the design, manufacturing, delivery, installation and renting of the building units that it produces. The company was founded by Arthur Luscombe in 1956 and is headquartered in Armstrong, IA.
About ClearSign Technologies
ClearSign Technologies Corporation designs and develops products and technologies to enhance emission and operational performance, energy efficiency, emission reduction, safety, and overall cost-effectiveness of industrial and commercial systems in the United States, the People's Republic of China, and Hong Kong. The company's technologies include ClearSign core burner technology consists of an industrial burner body and a downstream porous ceramic or metal flame stabilizing structure; ClearSign core process burner technology that provides a direct burner replacement for traditional refinery process heaters; ClearSign core boiler burner technology; ClearSign core flaring burners that can be used individually, or in combination, to provide a flare product with extremely low nitrogen oxide emissions; and ClearSign eye flame sensor, an electrical flame sensor for industrial applications. It serves energy, institutional, commercial and industrial boiler, chemical, and petrochemical industries. The company was formerly known as ClearSign Combustion Corporation and changed its name ClearSign Technologies Corporation in November 2019. ClearSign Technologies Corporation was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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