ESE vs. PNR, IEX, GGG, SWK, NDSN, LECO, ITT, RBC, WWD, and CR
Should you be buying ESCO Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ESCO Technologies include Pentair (PNR), IDEX (IEX), Graco (GGG), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), Nordson (NDSN), Lincoln Electric (LECO), ITT (ITT), RBC Bearings (RBC), Woodward (WWD), and Crane (CR). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
ESCO Technologies vs.
Pentair (NYSE:PNR) and ESCO Technologies (NYSE:ESE) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.
Pentair has higher revenue and earnings than ESCO Technologies. Pentair is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ESCO Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pentair has a net margin of 15.32% compared to ESCO Technologies' net margin of 10.44%. Pentair's return on equity of 20.94% beat ESCO Technologies' return on equity.
Pentair pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. ESCO Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Pentair pays out 26.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ESCO Technologies pays out 7.5% 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, Pentair had 18 more articles in the media than ESCO Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Pentair and 2 mentions for ESCO Technologies. ESCO Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Pentair's score of 0.25 indicating that ESCO Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Pentair has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ESCO Technologies has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Pentair received 237 more outperform votes than ESCO Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.04% of users gave ESCO Technologies an outperform vote while only 57.26% of users gave Pentair an outperform vote.
92.4% of Pentair shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of ESCO Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Pentair shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of ESCO Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Pentair currently has a consensus target price of $111.25, suggesting a potential upside of 19.76%. ESCO Technologies has a consensus target price of $167.50, suggesting a potential upside of 3.35%. Given Pentair's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Pentair is more favorable than ESCO Technologies.
Summary
Pentair beats ESCO Technologies on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ESE) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
