Enerpac Tool Group (EPAC) Competitors

Enerpac Tool Group (NYSE:EPAC) and ESAB (NYSE:ESAB) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, EPAC or ESAB?

ESAB has higher revenue and earnings than Enerpac Tool Group. Enerpac Tool Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ESAB, 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
Enerpac Tool Group	$589.51M	3.44	$85.75M	$1.63	22.99
ESAB	$2.74B	2.92	$264.84M	$4.44	29.72

Is EPAC or ESAB a better dividend stock?

Enerpac Tool Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. ESAB pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Enerpac Tool Group pays out 2.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ESAB pays out 9.0% 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. ESAB has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. ESAB is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts rate EPAC or ESAB?

Enerpac Tool Group presently has a consensus price target of $53.00, suggesting a potential upside of 41.44%. ESAB has a consensus price target of $138.89, suggesting a potential upside of 5.27%. Given Enerpac Tool Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Enerpac Tool Group is more favorable than ESAB.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Enerpac Tool Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
ESAB	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Does the media refer more to EPAC or ESAB?

In the previous week, ESAB had 5 more articles in the media than Enerpac Tool Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for ESAB and 5 mentions for Enerpac Tool Group. Enerpac Tool Group's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat ESAB's score of 1.29 indicating that Enerpac Tool Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Enerpac Tool Group	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ESAB	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is EPAC or ESAB more profitable?

Enerpac Tool Group has a net margin of 14.65% compared to ESAB's net margin of 9.98%. Enerpac Tool Group's return on equity of 24.04% beat ESAB's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Enerpac Tool Group	14.65%	24.04%	12.44%
ESAB	9.98%	16.98%	7.69%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of EPAC or ESAB?

97.7% of Enerpac Tool Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.1% of ESAB shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Enerpac Tool Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of ESAB shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, EPAC or ESAB?

Enerpac Tool Group has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ESAB has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

ESAB beats Enerpac Tool Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.