FELE vs. AMSC, RBC, ENPH, GNRC, AYI, WIRE, ENS, BDC, BRC, and POWL
Should you be buying Franklin Electric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Franklin Electric include American Superconductor (AMSC), RBC Bearings (RBC), Enphase Energy (ENPH), Generac (GNRC), Acuity Brands (AYI), Encore Wire (WIRE), EnerSys (ENS), Belden (BDC), Brady (BRC), and Powell Industries (POWL).
American Superconductor (NASDAQ:AMSC) and Franklin Electric (NASDAQ:FELE) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Franklin Electric has higher revenue and earnings than American Superconductor. American Superconductor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franklin Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
American Superconductor presently has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.70%. Franklin Electric has a consensus price target of $100.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.52%. Given Franklin Electric's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe American Superconductor is more favorable than Franklin Electric.
52.3% of American Superconductor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Franklin Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.1% of American Superconductor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Franklin Electric shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
American Superconductor received 95 more outperform votes than Franklin Electric when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.50% of users gave American Superconductor an outperform vote while only 55.53% of users gave Franklin Electric an outperform vote.
Franklin Electric has a net margin of 9.25% compared to Franklin Electric's net margin of -7.63%. American Superconductor's return on equity of 15.86% beat Franklin Electric's return on equity.
In the previous week, American Superconductor had 14 more articles in the media than Franklin Electric. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for American Superconductor and 3 mentions for Franklin Electric. American Superconductor's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Franklin Electric's score of 0.69 indicating that Franklin Electric is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
American Superconductor has a beta of 1.97, indicating that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Electric has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
American Superconductor and Franklin Electric tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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