EPAC vs. UFPT, B, TNC, SXI, KMT, OI, POWL, LZ, AZZ, and HEES
Should you be buying Enerpac Tool Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enerpac Tool Group include UFP Technologies (UFPT), Barnes Group (B), Tennant (TNC), Standex International (SXI), Kennametal (KMT), O-I Glass (OI), Powell Industries (POWL), LegalZoom.com (LZ), AZZ (AZZ), and H&E Equipment Services (HEES). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Enerpac Tool Group (NYSE:EPAC) and UFP Technologies (NASDAQ:UFPT) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.
Enerpac Tool Group has higher revenue and earnings than UFP Technologies. Enerpac Tool Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UFP Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Enerpac Tool Group presently has a consensus price target of $35.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.19%. UFP Technologies has a consensus price target of $238.50, suggesting a potential downside of 8.18%. Given Enerpac Tool Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Enerpac Tool Group is more favorable than UFP Technologies.
Enerpac Tool Group's return on equity of 26.38% beat UFP Technologies' return on equity.
UFP Technologies received 201 more outperform votes than Enerpac Tool Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.03% of users gave UFP Technologies an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave Enerpac Tool Group an outperform vote.
97.7% of Enerpac Tool Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of UFP Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Enerpac Tool Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of UFP Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Enerpac Tool Group and Enerpac Tool Group both had 3 articles in the media. Enerpac Tool Group's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat UFP Technologies' score of 1.07 indicating that Enerpac Tool Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Enerpac Tool Group has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UFP Technologies has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Enerpac Tool Group beats UFP Technologies on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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