NPO vs. WWD, LECO, ITT, DCI, RBC, CR, MIDD, GTLS, MLI, and WTS
Should you be buying Enpro stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enpro include Woodward (WWD), Lincoln Electric (LECO), ITT (ITT), Donaldson (DCI), RBC Bearings (RBC), Crane (CR), Middleby (MIDD), Chart Industries (GTLS), Mueller Industries (MLI), and Watts Water Technologies (WTS). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Enpro (NYSE:NPO) and Woodward (NASDAQ:WWD) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and risk.
Woodward has a net margin of 11.09% compared to Enpro's net margin of -0.26%. Woodward's return on equity of 16.50% beat Enpro's return on equity.
Enpro received 4 more outperform votes than Woodward when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.51% of users gave Enpro an outperform vote while only 58.70% of users gave Woodward an outperform vote.
98.3% of Enpro shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Woodward shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Enpro shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Woodward shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Enpro pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Woodward pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Enpro pays out -857.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Woodward pays out 17.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Enpro is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Enpro has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Woodward has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Enpro presently has a consensus price target of $158.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.09%. Woodward has a consensus price target of $174.38, indicating a potential downside of 6.50%. Given Enpro's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Enpro is more favorable than Woodward.
Woodward has higher revenue and earnings than Enpro. Enpro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Woodward, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Woodward had 22 more articles in the media than Enpro. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Woodward and 1 mentions for Enpro. Woodward's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Enpro's score of 0.00 indicating that Woodward is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Woodward beats Enpro on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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