Gorman-Rupp (GRC) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in GRC or AIN?

59.3% of Gorman-Rupp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Albany International shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.4% of Gorman-Rupp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Albany International 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.

Is GRC or AIN more profitable?

Albany International has a net margin of 7.92% compared to Gorman-Rupp's net margin of 6.08%. Gorman-Rupp's return on equity of 12.79% beat Albany International's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gorman-Rupp	6.08%	12.79%	5.19%
Albany International	7.92%	12.20%	6.69%

Which has more volatility and risk, GRC or AIN?

Gorman-Rupp has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Albany International has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GRC or AIN?

Gorman-Rupp received 60 more outperform votes than Albany International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.86% of users gave Gorman-Rupp an outperform vote while only 60.64% of users gave Albany International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gorman-Rupp	Outperform Votes 308 62.86%	Underperform Votes 182 37.14%
Albany International	Outperform Votes 248 60.64%	Underperform Votes 161 39.36%

Do analysts recommend GRC or AIN?

Albany International has a consensus target price of $80.75, suggesting a potential upside of 1.11%. Given Albany International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Albany International is more favorable than Gorman-Rupp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gorman-Rupp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Albany International	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is GRC or AIN a better dividend stock?

Gorman-Rupp pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Albany International pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Gorman-Rupp pays out 48.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Albany International pays out 33.8% 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.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, GRC or AIN?

Albany International has higher revenue and earnings than Gorman-Rupp. Albany International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gorman-Rupp, 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
Gorman-Rupp	$659.67M	1.56	$40.12M	$1.53	25.63
Albany International	$1.15B	2.18	$111.12M	$3.20	24.96

Does the media prefer GRC or AIN?

In the previous week, Albany International had 2 more articles in the media than Gorman-Rupp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Albany International and 3 mentions for Gorman-Rupp. Albany International's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Gorman-Rupp's score of 0.71 indicating that Albany International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

Albany International beats Gorman-Rupp on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.