CMCO vs. JBT, NPO, MWA, ESE, AIN, B, SXI, KMT, TNC, and TRS
Should you be buying Columbus McKinnon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Columbus McKinnon include John Bean Technologies (JBT), Enpro (NPO), Mueller Water Products (MWA), ESCO Technologies (ESE), Albany International (AIN), Barnes Group (B), Standex International (SXI), Kennametal (KMT), Tennant (TNC), and TriMas (TRS). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Columbus McKinnon vs.
Columbus McKinnon (NASDAQ:CMCO) and John Bean Technologies (NYSE:JBT) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and risk.
John Bean Technologies received 49 more outperform votes than Columbus McKinnon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.19% of users gave John Bean Technologies an outperform vote while only 61.28% of users gave Columbus McKinnon an outperform vote.
Columbus McKinnon has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Bean Technologies has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Columbus McKinnon had 5 more articles in the media than John Bean Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Columbus McKinnon and 3 mentions for John Bean Technologies. John Bean Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Columbus McKinnon's score of 0.31 indicating that John Bean Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Columbus McKinnon pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. John Bean Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share. Columbus McKinnon pays out 52.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. John Bean Technologies pays out 7.4% 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.
John Bean Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Columbus McKinnon. John Bean Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Columbus McKinnon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Columbus McKinnon currently has a consensus price target of $51.50, suggesting a potential upside of 41.41%. John Bean Technologies has a consensus price target of $140.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Columbus McKinnon's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Columbus McKinnon is more favorable than John Bean Technologies.
John Bean Technologies has a net margin of 10.25% compared to Columbus McKinnon's net margin of 1.51%. John Bean Technologies' return on equity of 10.16% beat Columbus McKinnon's return on equity.
96.0% of Columbus McKinnon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of John Bean Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Columbus McKinnon shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of John Bean Technologies 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.
Summary
John Bean Technologies beats Columbus McKinnon on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CMCO) was last updated on 2/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
