NNBR vs. FSTR, GHM, BOOM, PLL, EML, HURC, AP, TBLT, TKR, and ITW
Should you be buying NN stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NN include L.B. Foster (FSTR), Graham (GHM), DMC Global (BOOM), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), Eastern (EML), Hurco Companies (HURC), Ampco-Pittsburgh (AP), ToughBuilt Industries (TBLT), Timken (TKR), and Illinois Tool Works (ITW). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
NN (NASDAQ:NNBR) and L.B. Foster (NASDAQ:FSTR) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
NN currently has a consensus target price of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 65.56%. L.B. Foster has a consensus target price of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.90%. Given NN's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NN is more favorable than L.B. Foster.
NN received 104 more outperform votes than L.B. Foster when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.81% of users gave L.B. Foster an outperform vote while only 51.67% of users gave NN an outperform vote.
L.B. Foster has a net margin of 1.46% compared to NN's net margin of -10.86%. L.B. Foster's return on equity of 3.19% beat NN's return on equity.
53.9% of NN shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of L.B. Foster shares are held by institutional investors. 8.9% of NN shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of L.B. Foster shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, NN had 3 more articles in the media than L.B. Foster. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for NN and 2 mentions for L.B. Foster. NN's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat L.B. Foster's score of 0.60 indicating that NN is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NN has a beta of 3.02, indicating that its share price is 202% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, L.B. Foster has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
L.B. Foster has higher revenue and earnings than NN. NN is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than L.B. Foster, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
L.B. Foster beats NN on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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