Eastern (EML) Competitors

Eastern (NASDAQ:EML) and Columbus McKinnon (NASDAQ:CMCO) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and valuation.

Is EML or CMCO a better dividend stock?

Eastern pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Columbus McKinnon pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Eastern pays out -33.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Columbus McKinnon pays out 84.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Eastern is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk & volatility, EML or CMCO?

Eastern has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Columbus McKinnon has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate EML or CMCO?

Columbus McKinnon has a consensus price target of $44.00, indicating a potential upside of 158.22%. Given Columbus McKinnon's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Columbus McKinnon is more favorable than Eastern.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Eastern	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Columbus McKinnon	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EML or CMCO?

Columbus McKinnon received 101 more outperform votes than Eastern when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.60% of users gave Eastern an outperform vote while only 60.89% of users gave Columbus McKinnon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Eastern	Outperform Votes 187 80.60%	Underperform Votes 45 19.40%
Columbus McKinnon	Outperform Votes 288 60.89%	Underperform Votes 185 39.11%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of EML or CMCO?

77.0% of Eastern shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Columbus McKinnon shares are held by institutional investors. 17.0% of Eastern shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Columbus McKinnon shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, EML or CMCO?

Columbus McKinnon has higher revenue and earnings than Eastern. Eastern is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Columbus McKinnon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Eastern	$272.75M	0.59	$8.59M	-$1.33	-19.59
Columbus McKinnon	$981.64M	0.50	$46.62M	$0.33	51.64

Does the media refer more to EML or CMCO?

In the previous week, Columbus McKinnon had 2 more articles in the media than Eastern. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Columbus McKinnon and 7 mentions for Eastern. Eastern's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Columbus McKinnon's score of 1.15 indicating that Eastern is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Eastern	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Columbus McKinnon	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is EML or CMCO more profitable?

Columbus McKinnon has a net margin of 0.95% compared to Eastern's net margin of -2.26%. Eastern's return on equity of 10.44% beat Columbus McKinnon's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eastern	-2.26%	10.44%	5.42%
Columbus McKinnon	0.95%	8.64%	4.30%

Summary

Columbus McKinnon beats Eastern on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.