ENS vs. GNRC, AYI, WIRE, FELE, BDC, BRC, POWL, VICR, THR, and PLPC
Should you be buying EnerSys stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EnerSys include Generac (GNRC), Acuity Brands (AYI), Encore Wire (WIRE), Franklin Electric (FELE), Belden (BDC), Brady (BRC), Powell Industries (POWL), Vicor (VICR), Thermon Group (THR), and Preformed Line Products (PLPC). These companies are all part of the "electrical components & equipment" industry.
Generac (NYSE:GNRC) and EnerSys (NYSE:ENS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.
Generac presently has a consensus target price of $141.05, indicating a potential downside of 4.18%. EnerSys has a consensus target price of $126.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.84%. Given Generac's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe EnerSys is more favorable than Generac.
EnerSys has a net margin of 7.51% compared to EnerSys' net margin of 5.68%. Generac's return on equity of 20.21% beat EnerSys' return on equity.
In the previous week, Generac had 2 more articles in the media than EnerSys. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Generac and 15 mentions for EnerSys. EnerSys' average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Generac's score of 0.32 indicating that Generac is being referred to more favorably in the media.
EnerSys has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Generac. EnerSys is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Generac, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
84.0% of Generac shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of EnerSys shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Generac shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of EnerSys shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Generac has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EnerSys has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Generac received 85 more outperform votes than EnerSys when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.31% of users gave EnerSys an outperform vote while only 57.11% of users gave Generac an outperform vote.
Summary
Generac beats EnerSys on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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