GRC vs. KAI, NPO, JBT, MWA, ESE, AIN, B, KMT, SXI, and TNC
Should you be buying Gorman-Rupp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gorman-Rupp include Kadant (KAI), Enpro (NPO), John Bean Technologies (JBT), Mueller Water Products (MWA), ESCO Technologies (ESE), Albany International (AIN), Barnes Group (B), Kennametal (KMT), Standex International (SXI), and Tennant (TNC). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Kadant (NYSE:KAI) and Gorman-Rupp (NYSE:GRC) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Kadant has a net margin of 11.53% compared to Kadant's net margin of 5.52%. Gorman-Rupp's return on equity of 15.60% beat Kadant's return on equity.
Kadant received 8 more outperform votes than Gorman-Rupp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.53% of users gave Gorman-Rupp an outperform vote while only 57.84% of users gave Kadant an outperform vote.
Kadant has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gorman-Rupp has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Kadant pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Gorman-Rupp pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Kadant pays out 13.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gorman-Rupp pays out 52.2% 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. Kadant has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Gorman-Rupp has raised its dividend for 51 consecutive years. Gorman-Rupp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Kadant presently has a consensus target price of $360.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.57%. Gorman-Rupp has a consensus target price of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.40%. Given Gorman-Rupp's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kadant is more favorable than Gorman-Rupp.
Kadant has higher revenue and earnings than Gorman-Rupp. Gorman-Rupp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kadant, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
96.1% of Kadant shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.3% of Gorman-Rupp shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Kadant shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Gorman-Rupp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Kadant had 3 more articles in the media than Gorman-Rupp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Kadant and 0 mentions for Gorman-Rupp. Gorman-Rupp's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Kadant's score of 0.00 indicating that Kadant is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Kadant beats Gorman-Rupp on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GRC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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