POWL vs. B, UFPT, PLUG, KMT, SXI, HEES, TNC, EPAC, OI, and NSSC
Should you be buying Powell Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Powell Industries include Barnes Group (B), UFP Technologies (UFPT), Plug Power (PLUG), Kennametal (KMT), Standex International (SXI), H&E Equipment Services (HEES), Tennant (TNC), Enerpac Tool Group (EPAC), O-I Glass (OI), and Napco Security Technologies (NSSC). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Powell Industries (NASDAQ:POWL) and Barnes Group (NYSE:B) 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, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
Powell Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Barnes Group. Powell Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Barnes Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Powell Industries had 4 more articles in the media than Barnes Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Powell Industries and 1 mentions for Barnes Group. Barnes Group's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Powell Industries' score of 0.56 indicating that Barnes Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Barnes Group has a consensus price target of $40.67, suggesting a potential downside of 0.69%. Given Barnes Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Barnes Group is more favorable than Powell Industries.
Powell Industries has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barnes Group has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Barnes Group received 167 more outperform votes than Powell Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.38% of users gave Powell Industries an outperform vote while only 59.19% of users gave Barnes Group an outperform vote.
Powell Industries has a net margin of 12.05% compared to Barnes Group's net margin of 0.31%. Powell Industries' return on equity of 27.93% beat Barnes Group's return on equity.
89.8% of Powell Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Barnes Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Powell Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Barnes Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Powell Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Barnes Group pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Powell Industries pays out 12.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Barnes Group pays out 711.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Barnes Group beats Powell Industries on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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