Graham (GHM) Competitors

TriMas (NASDAQ:TRS) and Graham (NYSE:GHM) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and community ranking.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in TRS or GHM?

99.4% of TriMas shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.5% of Graham shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of TriMas shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Graham shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is TRS or GHM more profitable?

Graham has a net margin of 4.60% compared to TriMas' net margin of 2.93%. Graham's return on equity of 9.35% beat TriMas' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TriMas	2.93%	9.21%	4.59%
Graham	4.60%	9.35%	4.16%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TRS or GHM?

Graham received 49 more outperform votes than TriMas when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.79% of users gave Graham an outperform vote while only 54.80% of users gave TriMas an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TriMas	Outperform Votes 217 54.80%	Underperform Votes 179 45.20%
Graham	Outperform Votes 266 63.79%	Underperform Votes 151 36.21%

Do analysts recommend TRS or GHM?

TriMas presently has a consensus price target of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 70.43%. Graham has a consensus price target of $35.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.65%. Given TriMas' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe TriMas is more favorable than Graham.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TriMas	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Graham	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, TRS or GHM?

TriMas has higher revenue and earnings than Graham. Graham is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TriMas, 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
TriMas	$925.01M	1.03	$40.36M	$0.59	39.78
Graham	$199.62M	1.74	$4.56M	$0.83	38.46

Is TRS or GHM a better dividend stock?

TriMas pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Graham pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. TriMas pays out 27.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Graham pays out 53.0% 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, TRS or GHM?

TriMas has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Graham has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor TRS or GHM?

In the previous week, TriMas had 1 more articles in the media than Graham. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for TriMas and 6 mentions for Graham. Graham's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat TriMas' score of 0.82 indicating that Graham is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TriMas	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Graham	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Graham beats TriMas on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.