KMT vs. MIDD, WTS, MLI, GTLS, FLS, TKR, VMI, KAI, NPO, and JBT
Should you be buying Kennametal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kennametal include Middleby (MIDD), Watts Water Technologies (WTS), Mueller Industries (MLI), Chart Industries (GTLS), Flowserve (FLS), Timken (TKR), Valmont Industries (VMI), Kadant (KAI), Enpro (NPO), and John Bean Technologies (JBT). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Kennametal (NYSE:KMT) and Middleby (NASDAQ:MIDD) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Middleby has higher revenue and earnings than Kennametal. Middleby is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kennametal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Middleby has a net margin of 9.82% compared to Kennametal's net margin of 5.29%. Middleby's return on equity of 15.88% beat Kennametal's return on equity.
Kennametal has a beta of 1.76, suggesting that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Middleby has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Middleby had 5 more articles in the media than Kennametal. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Middleby and 5 mentions for Kennametal. Middleby's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Kennametal's score of -0.16 indicating that Middleby is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kennametal currently has a consensus price target of $24.17, indicating a potential downside of 6.15%. Middleby has a consensus price target of $153.43, indicating a potential upside of 19.02%. Given Middleby's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Middleby is more favorable than Kennametal.
Kennametal received 63 more outperform votes than Middleby when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.05% of users gave Middleby an outperform vote while only 55.84% of users gave Kennametal an outperform vote.
98.6% of Middleby shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Kennametal shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Middleby shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Middleby beats Kennametal on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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