ENS vs. ATKR, BDC, TEX, WIRE, ALRM, VRRM, KAI, ATS, FELE, and REZI
Should you be buying EnerSys stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EnerSys include Atkore (ATKR), Belden (BDC), Terex (TEX), Encore Wire (WIRE), Alarm.com (ALRM), Verra Mobility (VRRM), Kadant (KAI), ATS (ATS), Franklin Electric (FELE), and Resideo Technologies (REZI). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
EnerSys (NYSE:ENS) and Atkore (NYSE:ATKR) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
EnerSys received 41 more outperform votes than Atkore when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.33% of users gave EnerSys an outperform vote while only 66.79% of users gave Atkore an outperform vote.
EnerSys currently has a consensus target price of $126.00, indicating a potential upside of 30.75%. Atkore has a consensus target price of $187.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.14%. Given EnerSys' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe EnerSys is more favorable than Atkore.
Atkore has a net margin of 18.30% compared to EnerSys' net margin of 7.49%. Atkore's return on equity of 43.19% beat EnerSys' return on equity.
94.9% of EnerSys shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of EnerSys shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Atkore shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
EnerSys pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Atkore pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. EnerSys pays out 13.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Atkore pays out 8.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
In the previous week, EnerSys had 1 more articles in the media than Atkore. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for EnerSys and 9 mentions for Atkore. Atkore's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat EnerSys' score of 0.98 indicating that Atkore is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Atkore has lower revenue, but higher earnings than EnerSys. Atkore is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EnerSys, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
EnerSys has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atkore has a beta of 2.19, indicating that its share price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Atkore beats EnerSys on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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