Energy Recovery (ERII) Competitors

Energy Recovery (NASDAQ:ERII) and Barnes Group (NYSE:B) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation and media sentiment.

Which has more volatility & risk, ERII or B?

Energy Recovery has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barnes Group has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ERII or B?

Energy Recovery has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Barnes Group. Barnes Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Energy Recovery, 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
Energy Recovery	$144.95M	5.46	$21.50M	$0.41	35.15
Barnes Group	$1.45B	1.67	$16M	-$0.77	-61.66

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ERII or B?

83.6% of Energy Recovery shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Barnes Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Energy Recovery shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Barnes Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is ERII or B more profitable?

Energy Recovery has a net margin of 14.35% compared to Barnes Group's net margin of -2.46%. Energy Recovery's return on equity of 8.90% beat Barnes Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Energy Recovery	14.35%	8.90%	7.84%
Barnes Group	-2.46%	4.84%	2.01%

Does the media favor ERII or B?

In the previous week, Energy Recovery had 8 more articles in the media than Barnes Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Energy Recovery and 2 mentions for Barnes Group. Energy Recovery's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Barnes Group's score of 0.90 indicating that Energy Recovery is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Energy Recovery	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Barnes Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate ERII or B?

Energy Recovery presently has a consensus price target of $20.75, suggesting a potential upside of 44.00%. Barnes Group has a consensus price target of $47.67, suggesting a potential upside of 0.39%. Given Energy Recovery's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Energy Recovery is more favorable than Barnes Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Energy Recovery	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.17
Barnes Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ERII or B?

Barnes Group received 25 more outperform votes than Energy Recovery when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.17% of users gave Energy Recovery an outperform vote while only 57.08% of users gave Barnes Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Energy Recovery	Outperform Votes 358 60.17%	Underperform Votes 237 39.83%
Barnes Group	Outperform Votes 383 57.08%	Underperform Votes 288 42.92%

Summary

Energy Recovery beats Barnes Group on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.