EPAC vs. NVT, BWXT, ESAB, JBTM, SPXC, ZWS, CHX, MOG.B, WFRD, and WHD
Should you be buying Enerpac Tool Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enerpac Tool Group include nVent Electric (NVT), BWX Technologies (BWXT), ESAB (ESAB), JBT Marel (JBTM), SPX Technologies (SPXC), Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS), ChampionX (CHX), Moog (MOG.B), Weatherford International (WFRD), and Cactus (WHD). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.
Enerpac Tool Group vs.
Enerpac Tool Group (NYSE:EPAC) and nVent Electric (NYSE:NVT) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings and risk.
Enerpac Tool Group has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, nVent Electric has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
nVent Electric received 185 more outperform votes than Enerpac Tool Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.19% of users gave nVent Electric an outperform vote while only 28.57% of users gave Enerpac Tool Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, nVent Electric had 3 more articles in the media than Enerpac Tool Group. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for nVent Electric and 19 mentions for Enerpac Tool Group. nVent Electric's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Enerpac Tool Group's score of 0.84 indicating that nVent Electric is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Enerpac Tool Group currently has a consensus target price of $53.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.53%. nVent Electric has a consensus target price of $83.33, indicating a potential upside of 42.67%. Given nVent Electric's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe nVent Electric is more favorable than Enerpac Tool Group.
97.7% of Enerpac Tool Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.1% of nVent Electric shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Enerpac Tool Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of nVent Electric shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Enerpac Tool Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. nVent Electric pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Enerpac Tool Group pays out 2.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. nVent Electric pays out 40.8% 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.
Enerpac Tool Group has a net margin of 15.14% compared to nVent Electric's net margin of 10.09%. Enerpac Tool Group's return on equity of 25.39% beat nVent Electric's return on equity.
nVent Electric has higher revenue and earnings than Enerpac Tool Group. Enerpac Tool Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than nVent Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
nVent Electric beats Enerpac Tool Group on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EPAC) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
