NN (NNBR) Competitors

NN (NASDAQ:NNBR) and Graham (NYSE:GHM) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of NNBR or GHM?

53.9% of NN shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.5% of Graham shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.9% of NN shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Graham shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, NNBR or GHM?

NN has a beta of 2.99, meaning that its stock price is 199% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Graham has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, NNBR or GHM?

Graham has lower revenue, but higher earnings than NN. NN is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Graham, 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
NN	$489.27M	0.27	-$50.15M	-$1.09	-2.43
Graham	$185.53M	2.62	$4.56M	$0.71	62.89

Is NNBR or GHM more profitable?

Graham has a net margin of 3.95% compared to NN's net margin of -8.05%. Graham's return on equity of 7.91% beat NN's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NN	-8.05%	-10.61%	-2.42%
Graham	3.95%	7.91%	3.59%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NNBR or GHM?

NN received 60 more outperform votes than Graham when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.01% of users gave Graham an outperform vote while only 51.67% of users gave NN an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NN	Outperform Votes 325 51.67%	Underperform Votes 304 48.33%
Graham	Outperform Votes 265 64.01%	Underperform Votes 149 35.99%

Does the media favor NNBR or GHM?

In the previous week, NN and NN both had 6 articles in the media. Graham's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat NN's score of 0.27 indicating that Graham is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NN	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Graham	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend NNBR or GHM?

NN currently has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 126.42%. Graham has a consensus price target of $35.00, suggesting a potential downside of 21.62%. Given NN's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe NN is more favorable than Graham.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NN	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Graham	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Graham beats NN on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.