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

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

Graham vs.

Graham (NYSE:GHM) and Proto Labs (NYSE:PRLB) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

69.5% of Graham shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.5% of Proto Labs shares are held by institutional investors. 5.7% of Graham shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Proto Labs shares are held 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.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Graham$185.53M1.97$4.56M$0.8340.35
Proto Labs$500.89M1.99$16.59M$0.6562.44

Graham presently has a consensus price target of $35.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.51%. Proto Labs has a consensus price target of $43.67, suggesting a potential upside of 7.59%. Given Proto Labs' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Proto Labs is more favorable than Graham.

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
Proto Labs
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

In the previous week, Graham had 6 more articles in the media than Proto Labs. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Graham and 1 mentions for Proto Labs. Proto Labs' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Graham's score of 0.05 indicating that Proto Labs is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Graham
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Proto Labs
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Proto Labs received 62 more outperform votes than Graham when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.94% of users gave Graham an outperform vote while only 62.72% of users gave Proto Labs an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
GrahamOutperform Votes
266
63.94%
Underperform Votes
150
36.06%
Proto LabsOutperform Votes
328
62.72%
Underperform Votes
195
37.28%

Graham has a net margin of 4.60% compared to Proto Labs' net margin of 3.31%. Graham's return on equity of 9.35% beat Proto Labs' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Graham4.60% 9.35% 4.16%
Proto Labs 3.31%2.44%2.19%

Graham has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Proto Labs has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Proto Labs beats Graham on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GHM vs. The Competition

MetricGrahamGeneral industrial machinery & equipment IndustryIndustrial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$365.04M$14.56B$9.06B$20.07B
Dividend YieldN/A1.21%2.09%3.65%
P/E Ratio40.3519.6016.7834.90
Price / Sales1.972.314.1215.64
Price / Cash35.7316.8222.2520.85
Price / Book3.194.654.494.92
Net Income$4.56M$539.71M$424.79M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-10.68%-4.18%-2.83%-1.05%
1 Month Performance-28.64%-13.11%-5.46%-1.09%
1 Year Performance47.01%9.15%29.53%13.70%

Graham Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GHM
Graham
3.1399 of 5 stars
$33.49
-4.9%
$35.00
+4.5%
+45.2%$384M$185.53M40.35490Analyst Upgrade
PRLB
Proto Labs
2.1477 of 5 stars
$44.20
-1.8%
$43.67
-1.2%
+12.4%$1.08B$503.88M47.022,415
GRC
Gorman-Rupp
2.4602 of 5 stars
$38.08
+0.4%
N/A+7.2%$998.76M$659.67M26.261,450
TRS
TriMas
4.026 of 5 stars
$23.88
-0.5%
$40.00
+67.5%
-11.9%$968.81M$893.55M37.313,400Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
HY
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling
3.9174 of 5 stars
$52.81
+0.9%
$80.00
+51.5%
-25.0%$924.70M$4.12B5.938,600
ERII
Energy Recovery
4.8026 of 5 stars
$15.29
+1.3%
$20.75
+35.7%
-6.2%$885.14M$128.35M44.97250Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
CMCO
Columbus McKinnon
4.0503 of 5 stars
$20.48
-0.1%
$44.00
+114.8%
-54.8%$587.57M$1.01B38.643,515Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
OFLX
Omega Flex
1.8534 of 5 stars
$37.92
-1.4%
N/A-49.9%$382.61M$111.46M20.95170News Coverage
FSTR
L.B. Foster
4.2074 of 5 stars
$27.50
-2.7%
$25.00
-9.1%
+13.3%$297.83M$543.74M7.071,065Positive News
NNBR
NN
3.4699 of 5 stars
$3.48
+5.1%
$6.00
+72.4%
-39.2%$173.83M$489.27M-3.193,160News Coverage
EML
Eastern
0.9726 of 5 stars
$28.06
-1.8%
N/A+15.6%$173.41M$273.45M-27.241,199Analyst Downgrade

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