GRC vs. MWA, NPO, ESE, AIN, B, SXI, KMT, TNC, CMCO, 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), Enpro (NPO), ESCO Technologies (ESE), Albany International (AIN), Barnes Group (B), Standex International (SXI), Kennametal (KMT), Tennant (TNC), Columbus McKinnon (CMCO), 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 superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.
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.
In the previous week, Mueller Water Products had 5 more articles in the media than Gorman-Rupp. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Mueller Water Products and 1 mentions for Gorman-Rupp. Gorman-Rupp's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Mueller Water Products' score of 0.63 indicating that Gorman-Rupp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mueller Water Products pays an annual dividend of $0.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Gorman-Rupp pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Mueller Water Products pays out 37.0% 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 received 141 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 62.78% of users gave Gorman-Rupp an outperform vote.
Mueller Water Products presently has a consensus target price of $22.20, suggesting a potential downside of 5.84%. Given Mueller Water Products' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Mueller Water Products is more favorable than Gorman-Rupp.
91.7% of Mueller Water Products shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.3% of Gorman-Rupp shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Mueller Water Products shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of Gorman-Rupp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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 19.38% beat Gorman-Rupp's return on equity.
Mueller Water Products has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gorman-Rupp has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Mueller Water Products beats Gorman-Rupp on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:GRC) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
