Contrasting Inspired Entertainment (NASDAQ:INSE) & 3D Systems (NYSE:DDD)

Inspired Entertainment (NASDAQ:INSE) and 3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

Volatility and Risk

Inspired Entertainment has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 3D Systems has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Inspired Entertainment and 3D Systems’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Inspired Entertainment	-0.09%	-6.47%	1.53%
3D Systems	-78.14%	-15.29%	-7.21%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Inspired Entertainment and 3D Systems, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Inspired Entertainment	0	1	3	0	2.75
3D Systems	0	2	2	0	2.50

Inspired Entertainment presently has a consensus price target of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 67.54%. 3D Systems has a consensus price target of $3.25, suggesting a potential upside of 13.44%. Given Inspired Entertainment’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Inspired Entertainment is more favorable than 3D Systems.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Inspired Entertainment and 3D Systems”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Inspired Entertainment	$317.40 million	0.80	$7.60 million	$0.06	159.17
3D Systems	$454.80 million	0.84	-$363.17 million	($2.84)	-1.01

Inspired Entertainment has higher earnings, but lower revenue than 3D Systems. 3D Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Inspired Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

77.4% of Inspired Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.5% of 3D Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 12.9% of Inspired Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of 3D Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Inspired Entertainment beats 3D Systems on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Inspired Entertainment

Inspired Entertainment, Inc., a gaming technology company, engages in the supply of content, platform, and other products and services to regulated lottery, betting, and gaming operators worldwide. It operates in four segments: Gaming, Virtual Sports, Interactive, and Leisure. The Gaming segment supplies gaming terminals and software to betting offices, casinos, gaming halls, and high street adult gaming centers; a portfolio of games through its digital terminals under the Centurion and Super Hot Fruits names; and traditional casino games, such as roulette, blackjack, and number games. The Virtual Sports segment designs, develops, markets, and distributes ultra-high-definition sports games, including greyhounds, tennis, motor racing, cycling, cricket, speedway, golf, and dart, and other horse racing games under the V-Play Soccer, V-Play Women's Soccer, V-Play Football, V-Play Basketball, V-Play Baseball, and V-Play NFLA names. The Interactive segment provides a range of random number generated casino content from feature-rich bonus games to European-style casino free spins and table games. The Leisure segment supplies gaming terminals and amusement machines in pubs, bingo halls, and adult gaming centers, as well as family entertainment centers, bowling centers, and other entertainment venues. Inspired Entertainment, Inc. is headquartered in New York, New York.

About 3D Systems

3D Systems Corporation provides 3D printing and digital manufacturing solutions in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company offers 3D printers technologies, such as stereolithography, selective laser sintering, direct metal printing, multi jet printing, color jet printing, polymer extrusion, and extrusion and SLA based bioprinting that transform digital data input generated by 3D design software, computer aided design (CAD) software, or other 3D design tools into printed parts. It also develops, blends, and markets various print materials, such as plastic, nylon, metal, composite, elastomeric, wax, polymeric dental materials, and biocompatible materials. In addition, the company provides digital design tools, including software, scanners, and haptic devices, as well as solutions for product design, simulation, mold and die design, 3D scan-to-print, reverse engineering, production machining, metrology, and inspection and manufacturing workflows under the Geomagic brand. Further, it offers 3D Sprint and 3DXpert, a proprietary software to prepare and optimize CAD data and manage the additive manufacturing processes, which provides automated support building and placement, build platform management, print simulation, and print queue management; and Bioprint Pro, a software solution that allows researchers to design and bioprint repeatable experiments. Additionally, the company provides maintenance and training services; manufacturing services; and software and precision healthcare services. It primarily serves companies and small and midsize businesses in medical, dental, automotive, aerospace, durable goods, government, defense, technology, jewelry, electronic, education, consumer goods, energy, biotechnology, and other industries through direct sales force, channel partners, and appointed distributors. 3D Systems Corporation was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Rock Hill, South Carolina.