ERII vs. AIN, B, SXI, KMT, TNC, PRLB, GRC, TRS, HY, and CMCO
Should you be buying Energy Recovery stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Energy Recovery include Albany International (AIN), Barnes Group (B), Standex International (SXI), Kennametal (KMT), Tennant (TNC), Proto Labs (PRLB), Gorman-Rupp (GRC), TriMas (TRS), Hyster-Yale Materials Handling (HY), and Columbus McKinnon (CMCO). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Energy Recovery vs.
Energy Recovery (NASDAQ:ERII) and Albany International (NYSE:AIN) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.
Energy Recovery has a net margin of 14.35% compared to Albany International's net margin of 7.92%. Albany International's return on equity of 12.20% beat Energy Recovery's return on equity.
Energy Recovery has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Albany International has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Albany International had 2 more articles in the media than Energy Recovery. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Albany International and 3 mentions for Energy Recovery. Energy Recovery's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Albany International's score of 0.84 indicating that Energy Recovery is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 received 109 more outperform votes than Albany International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.64% of users gave Albany International an outperform vote while only 60.10% of users gave Energy Recovery an outperform vote.
83.6% of Energy Recovery shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Albany International shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Energy Recovery shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Albany International shares are held by company 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.
Energy Recovery presently has a consensus price target of $20.75, indicating a potential upside of 41.64%. Albany International has a consensus price target of $80.75, indicating a potential upside of 1.11%. Given Energy Recovery's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Energy Recovery is more favorable than Albany International.
Summary
Energy Recovery beats Albany International on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ERII) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
