Head-To-Head Contrast: TOMI Environmental Solutions (TOMZ) versus Its Peers

TOMI Environmental Solutions (NASDAQ:TOMZ) is one of 436 public companies in the “Machinery” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare TOMI Environmental Solutions to similar businesses based on the strength of its risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

4.8% of TOMI Environmental Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.7% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are held by institutional investors. 20.2% of TOMI Environmental Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.3% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for TOMI Environmental Solutions and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TOMI Environmental Solutions	1	0	1	0	2.00
TOMI Environmental Solutions Competitors	4194	14692	18188	804	2.41

TOMI Environmental Solutions presently has a consensus target price of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 232.54%. As a group, “Machinery” companies have a potential upside of 32.16%. Given TOMI Environmental Solutions’ higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe TOMI Environmental Solutions is more favorable than its peers.

Volatility & Risk

TOMI Environmental Solutions has a beta of 1.94, meaning that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TOMI Environmental Solutions’ peers have a beta of 5.11, meaning that their average stock price is 411% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares TOMI Environmental Solutions and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
TOMI Environmental Solutions	$5.64 million	-$3.75 million	-4.21
TOMI Environmental Solutions Competitors	$4.63 billion	$364.05 million	3.94

TOMI Environmental Solutions’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than TOMI Environmental Solutions. TOMI Environmental Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares TOMI Environmental Solutions and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TOMI Environmental Solutions	-49.77%	-326.81%	-44.61%
TOMI Environmental Solutions Competitors	-1,044.47%	-15.02%	0.57%

Summary

TOMI Environmental Solutions peers beat TOMI Environmental Solutions on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

TOMI Environmental Solutions Company Profile

TOMI Environmental Solutions, Inc., a bacteria decontamination and infectious disease control company, engages in the provision of environmental solutions for indoor air and surface disinfection and decontamination in the United States and internationally. The company’s disinfection solutions include SteraPak portable disinfection systems, SteraMist select surface units, SteraMist environment systems, SteraMist total disinfection carts, SteraMist transport units, NV+ fogging disinfection and decontamination systems, SteraMist custom engineered systems, SteraMist Hybrid disinfection systems, SteraMist integrated systems, Stainless Steel 90-Degree applicators, SteraMist plasma decontamination chambers, and iHP Corporate Service Decontamination, which provides full room, equipment, facility, and emergency disinfection and decontamination services. It also manufactures, sells, services, and licenses SteraMist Binary Ionization Technology, a hydrogen peroxide-based mist and fog. The company’s products and services are used in hospitals and medical facilities, bio-safety labs, pharmaceutical facilities, meat and produce processing facilities, universities and research facilities, vivarium labs, and other service industries, including cruise ships, office buildings, hotel and motel rooms, schools, restaurants, military barracks, police and fire departments, prisons, and athletic facilities; and single-family homes and multi-unit residences. TOMI Environmental Solutions, Inc. was incorporated in 1979 and is headquartered in Frederick, Maryland.