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Gorman-Rupp (GRC) Competitors

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$41.03 +0.55 (+1.36%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

GRC vs. MWA, ESE, JBT, NPO, AIN, SXI, B, KMT, TNC, and TRS

Should you be buying Gorman-Rupp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gorman-Rupp include Mueller Water Products (MWA), ESCO Technologies (ESE), John Bean Technologies (JBT), Enpro (NPO), Albany International (AIN), Standex International (SXI), Barnes Group (B), Kennametal (KMT), Tennant (TNC), and TriMas (TRS). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.

Gorman-Rupp vs.

Mueller Water Products (NYSE:MWA) and Gorman-Rupp (NYSE:GRC) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.

Mueller Water Products received 143 more outperform votes than Gorman-Rupp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.57% of users gave Mueller Water Products an outperform vote while only 62.63% of users gave Gorman-Rupp an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Mueller Water ProductsOutperform Votes
448
66.57%
Underperform Votes
225
33.43%
Gorman-RuppOutperform Votes
305
62.63%
Underperform Votes
182
37.37%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Mueller Water Products$1.31B2.94$115.90M$0.7333.99
Gorman-Rupp$657.53M1.64$34.95M$1.4528.30

In the previous week, Mueller Water Products had 9 more articles in the media than Gorman-Rupp. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Mueller Water Products and 2 mentions for Gorman-Rupp. Gorman-Rupp's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Mueller Water Products' score of 1.38 indicating that Gorman-Rupp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Mueller Water Products
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Gorman-Rupp
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

91.7% of Mueller Water Products shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.3% of Gorman-Rupp shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Mueller Water Products shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of Gorman-Rupp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Mueller Water Products pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Gorman-Rupp pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Mueller Water Products pays out 35.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gorman-Rupp pays out 51.0% 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. Gorman-Rupp has increased 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.

Mueller Water Products has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gorman-Rupp has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Mueller Water Products currently has a consensus price target of $22.20, indicating a potential downside of 10.54%. Given Mueller Water Products' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Mueller Water Products is more favorable than Gorman-Rupp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Mueller Water Products
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17
Gorman-Rupp
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Mueller Water Products has a net margin of 8.82% compared to Gorman-Rupp's net margin of 5.80%. Mueller Water Products' return on equity of 19.71% beat Gorman-Rupp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Mueller Water Products8.82% 19.71% 9.68%
Gorman-Rupp 5.80%12.32%4.96%

Summary

Mueller Water Products beats Gorman-Rupp on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GRC vs. The Competition

MetricGorman-RuppPumps & pumping equipment IndustryIndustrial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.08B$11.85B$9.57B$19.85B
Dividend Yield1.82%1.27%2.02%3.52%
P/E Ratio28.3030.9422.3142.73
Price / Sales1.643.367.4719.27
Price / Cash15.8421.8916.9417.86
Price / Book3.083.824.275.52
Net Income$34.95M$329.12M$413.78M$986.45M
7 Day Performance-0.16%-0.32%2.74%0.45%
1 Month Performance6.90%2.44%8.21%1.05%
1 Year Performance31.55%20.19%30.03%24.67%

Gorman-Rupp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GRC
Gorman-Rupp
3.671 of 5 stars
$41.03
+1.4%
N/A+29.6%$1.08B$657.53M28.301,450Positive News
MWA
Mueller Water Products
4.3923 of 5 stars
$24.82
+1.7%
$22.20
-10.5%
+88.0%$3.80B$1.31B33.993,200Insider Trade
Positive News
ESE
ESCO Technologies
1.8041 of 5 stars
$146.96
+0.5%
$147.50
+0.4%
+41.1%$3.77B$1.03B37.303,195Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
JBT
John Bean Technologies
2.0267 of 5 stars
$118.61
+0.3%
$121.00
+2.0%
+11.4%$3.76B$1.69B22.015,100Positive News
NPO
Enpro
3.7919 of 5 stars
$174.34
+0.5%
N/A+37.9%$3.64B$1.06B67.843,500Positive News
AIN
Albany International
3.1294 of 5 stars
$83.60
+0.1%
$85.50
+2.3%
-1.3%$2.62B$1.27B26.115,600High Trading Volume
SXI
Standex International
4.0538 of 5 stars
$199.28
-2.2%
$227.00
+13.9%
+45.8%$2.46B$720.64M32.673,700
B
Barnes Group
1.8766 of 5 stars
$46.74
0.0%
$47.67
+2.0%
+76.8%$2.38B$1.45B-60.706,500Analyst Forecast
KMT
Kennametal
1.4087 of 5 stars
$28.26
+1.0%
$25.00
-11.5%
+19.9%$2.20B$2.05B22.088,447Analyst Forecast
Positive News
TNC
Tennant
4.6545 of 5 stars
$85.76
+0.6%
$112.00
+30.6%
-2.2%$1.61B$1.24B15.124,457High Trading Volume
TRS
TriMas
4.751 of 5 stars
$26.38
+0.6%
$40.00
+51.6%
+8.4%$1.06B$893.55M41.223,400Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:GRC) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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