ERII vs. AIN, SXI, KMT, TNC, TRS, GRC, PRLB, HY, GHM, and CMCO
Should you be buying Energy Recovery stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Energy Recovery include Albany International (AIN), Standex International (SXI), Kennametal (KMT), Tennant (TNC), TriMas (TRS), Gorman-Rupp (GRC), Proto Labs (PRLB), Hyster-Yale (HY), Graham (GHM), and Columbus McKinnon (CMCO). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Energy Recovery vs. Its Competitors
Energy Recovery (NASDAQ:ERII) and Albany International (NYSE:AIN) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
83.6% of Energy Recovery shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Albany International shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Energy Recovery shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Albany International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Albany International had 4 more articles in the media than Energy Recovery. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Albany International and 0 mentions for Energy Recovery. Albany International's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Energy Recovery's score of 0.00 indicating that Albany International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Energy Recovery has a net margin of 15.21% compared to Albany International's net margin of 6.44%. Energy Recovery's return on equity of 9.96% beat Albany International's return on equity.
Albany International has higher revenue and earnings than Energy Recovery. Albany International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Energy Recovery, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Energy Recovery currently has a consensus price target of $18.88, indicating a potential upside of 42.99%. Albany International has a consensus price target of $79.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.37%. Given Energy Recovery's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Energy Recovery is more favorable than Albany International.
Energy Recovery has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Albany International has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Energy Recovery beats Albany International on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ 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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This page (NASDAQ:ERII) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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