EPAC vs. ESAB, SPXC, MOG.B, ZWS, CHX, WFRD, WHD, HAYW, ATS, and AZTA
Should you be buying Enerpac Tool Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enerpac Tool Group include ESAB (ESAB), SPX Technologies (SPXC), Moog (MOG.B), Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS), ChampionX (CHX), Weatherford International (WFRD), Cactus (WHD), Hayward (HAYW), ATS (ATS), and Azenta (AZTA). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.
Enerpac Tool Group vs.
ESAB (NYSE:ESAB) and Enerpac Tool Group (NYSE:EPAC) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and media sentiment.
In the previous week, ESAB had 2 more articles in the media than Enerpac Tool Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for ESAB and 1 mentions for Enerpac Tool Group. Enerpac Tool Group's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat ESAB's score of 0.58 indicating that Enerpac Tool Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ESAB pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Enerpac Tool Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. ESAB pays out 7.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enerpac Tool Group pays out 2.4% 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 currently has a consensus target price of $133.43, indicating a potential upside of 7.62%. Given ESAB's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ESAB is more favorable than Enerpac Tool Group.
Enerpac Tool Group has a net margin of 15.14% compared to ESAB's net margin of 9.47%. Enerpac Tool Group's return on equity of 25.39% beat ESAB's return on equity.
ESAB received 16 more outperform votes than Enerpac Tool Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 46.67% of users gave ESAB an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave Enerpac Tool Group an outperform vote.
91.1% of ESAB shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.7% of Enerpac Tool Group shares are held by institutional investors. 7.2% of ESAB shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Enerpac Tool Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
ESAB has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enerpac Tool Group has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
ESAB beats Enerpac Tool Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EPAC) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
