EAF vs. HOLI, MTW, ACCO, HDSN, EBF, DMRC, ITRN, KRT, IRBT, and NWPX
Should you be buying GrafTech International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GrafTech International include Hollysys Automation Technologies (HOLI), Manitowoc (MTW), ACCO Brands (ACCO), Hudson Technologies (HDSN), Ennis (EBF), Digimarc (DMRC), Ituran Location and Control (ITRN), Karat Packaging (KRT), iRobot (IRBT), and Northwest Pipe (NWPX). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Hollysys Automation Technologies (NASDAQ:HOLI) and GrafTech International (NYSE:EAF) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.
Hollysys Automation Technologies has a net margin of 9.52% compared to Hollysys Automation Technologies' net margin of -45.08%. GrafTech International's return on equity of 6.42% beat Hollysys Automation Technologies' return on equity.
78.7% of Hollysys Automation Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.8% of GrafTech International shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.7% of Hollysys Automation Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of GrafTech International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Hollysys Automation Technologies has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GrafTech International has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hollysys Automation Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than GrafTech International. GrafTech International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hollysys Automation Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Hollysys Automation Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than GrafTech International. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Hollysys Automation Technologies and 2 mentions for GrafTech International. Hollysys Automation Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat GrafTech International's score of 0.34 indicating that GrafTech International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hollysys Automation Technologies received 84 more outperform votes than GrafTech International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.91% of users gave Hollysys Automation Technologies an outperform vote while only 58.39% of users gave GrafTech International an outperform vote.
GrafTech International has a consensus price target of $1.88, indicating a potential upside of 7.76%. Given Hollysys Automation Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe GrafTech International is more favorable than Hollysys Automation Technologies.
Summary
Hollysys Automation Technologies beats GrafTech International on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding EAF and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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