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GHM vs. GRC, TRS, ERII, PRLB, HY, CMCO, OFLX, FSTR, EML, and BOOM

Should you be buying Graham stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Graham include Gorman-Rupp (GRC), TriMas (TRS), Energy Recovery (ERII), Proto Labs (PRLB), Hyster-Yale Materials Handling (HY), Columbus McKinnon (CMCO), Omega Flex (OFLX), L.B. Foster (FSTR), Eastern (EML), and DMC Global (BOOM). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.

Graham vs.

Graham (NYSE:GHM) and Gorman-Rupp (NYSE:GRC) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Gorman-Rupp received 43 more outperform votes than Graham when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.79% of users gave Graham an outperform vote while only 62.93% of users gave Gorman-Rupp an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
GrahamOutperform Votes
266
63.79%
Underperform Votes
151
36.21%
Gorman-RuppOutperform Votes
309
62.93%
Underperform Votes
182
37.07%

Graham pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Gorman-Rupp pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Graham pays out 53.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gorman-Rupp pays out 48.4% 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. Gorman-Rupp has raised its dividend for 52 consecutive years. Gorman-Rupp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Gorman-Rupp has higher revenue and earnings than Graham. Gorman-Rupp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Graham, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Graham$199.62M1.64$4.56M$0.8336.07
Gorman-Rupp$659.67M1.34$40.12M$1.5321.96

Graham has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gorman-Rupp has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Graham presently has a consensus price target of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.90%. Given Graham's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Graham is more favorable than Gorman-Rupp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Graham
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Gorman-Rupp
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Gorman-Rupp has a net margin of 6.08% compared to Graham's net margin of 4.60%. Gorman-Rupp's return on equity of 12.79% beat Graham's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Graham4.60% 9.35% 4.16%
Gorman-Rupp 6.08%12.79%5.19%

69.5% of Graham shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.3% of Gorman-Rupp shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.7% of Graham shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Gorman-Rupp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Graham had 2 more articles in the media than Gorman-Rupp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Graham and 3 mentions for Gorman-Rupp. Graham's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Gorman-Rupp's score of 1.20 indicating that Graham is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Graham
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Gorman-Rupp
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Gorman-Rupp beats Graham on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GHM vs. The Competition

MetricGrahamGeneral industrial machinery & equipment IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$323.60M$10.37B$6.61B$18.52B
Dividend YieldN/A1.49%3.60%4.22%
P/E Ratio36.0714.9521.3531.15
Price / Sales1.641.9075.1325.69
Price / Cash34.7916.7026.8817.53
Price / Book2.854.013.564.29
Net Income$4.56M$539.71M$796.19M$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.76%-2.94%1.95%-0.79%
1 Month Performance-6.49%-10.01%-3.92%-6.88%
1 Year Performance1.70%-10.65%9.75%1.74%

Graham Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GHM
Graham
4.2543 of 5 stars
$29.94
+0.9%
$35.00
+16.9%
+1.4%$323.60M$199.62M36.07490Gap Down
GRC
Gorman-Rupp
2.9185 of 5 stars
$31.84
-2.3%
N/A-8.2%$835.10M$659.67M20.811,150Positive News
TRS
TriMas
4.3483 of 5 stars
$20.46
-3.7%
$40.00
+95.5%
-18.9%$833.05M$925.01M31.973,500Positive News
Gap Down
ERII
Energy Recovery
4.484 of 5 stars
$14.46
+0.3%
$20.75
+43.5%
+7.9%$794.65M$144.95M42.53250Gap Down
PRLB
Proto Labs
3.0164 of 5 stars
$31.72
+0.3%
$43.67
+37.6%
+7.5%$768.77M$500.89M48.812,415Positive News
HY
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling
3.3343 of 5 stars
$35.92
-2.8%
$80.00
+122.7%
-37.3%$635.73M$4.31B4.038,200Positive News
High Trading Volume
CMCO
Columbus McKinnon
3.8067 of 5 stars
$13.92
-4.3%
$44.00
+216.1%
-66.9%$398.29M$981.64M42.183,220
OFLX
Omega Flex
2.6047 of 5 stars
$32.19
-2.4%
N/A-55.5%$324.93M$101.68M17.78170Short Interest ↓
FSTR
L.B. Foster
4.8039 of 5 stars
$18.60
-0.2%
$25.00
+34.4%
-21.9%$200.01M$530.77M4.78990High Trading Volume
EML
Eastern
1.1913 of 5 stars
$23.51
-0.8%
N/A-33.1%$144.02M$272.75M-22.831,190
BOOM
DMC Global
2.7509 of 5 stars
$6.63
-5.6%
$16.75
+152.6%
-63.2%$134.20M$642.85M-0.841,700Analyst Forecast
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This page (NYSE:GHM) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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