ENS vs. ATKR, BDC, TEX, ALRM, KAI, VRRM, ATS, WIRE, HI, and FELE
Should you be buying EnerSys stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EnerSys include Atkore (ATKR), Belden (BDC), Terex (TEX), Alarm.com (ALRM), Kadant (KAI), Verra Mobility (VRRM), ATS (ATS), Encore Wire (WIRE), Hillenbrand (HI), and Franklin Electric (FELE). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
EnerSys (NYSE:ENS) and Atkore (NYSE:ATKR) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, valuation, risk, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
EnerSys has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atkore has a beta of 2.19, indicating that its stock price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500.
EnerSys received 41 more outperform votes than Atkore when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.33% of users gave EnerSys an outperform vote while only 66.79% of users gave Atkore an outperform vote.
In the previous week, EnerSys and EnerSys both had 9 articles in the media. Atkore's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat EnerSys' score of 0.98 indicating that Atkore is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
94.9% of EnerSys shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of EnerSys shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Atkore shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
EnerSys currently has a consensus target price of $126.00, indicating a potential upside of 30.75%. Atkore has a consensus target price of $187.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.14%. Given EnerSys' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe EnerSys is more favorable than Atkore.
EnerSys pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Atkore pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. EnerSys pays out 13.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Atkore pays out 8.0% 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.
Atkore has lower revenue, but higher earnings than EnerSys. Atkore is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EnerSys, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Atkore has a net margin of 18.30% compared to EnerSys' net margin of 7.49%. Atkore's return on equity of 43.19% beat EnerSys' return on equity.
Summary
Atkore beats EnerSys on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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