KMT vs. SXI, OI, B, EPAC, UFPT, TNC, AZZ, POWL, LZ, and ALG
Should you be buying Kennametal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kennametal include Standex International (SXI), O-I Glass (OI), Barnes Group (B), Enerpac Tool Group (EPAC), UFP Technologies (UFPT), Tennant (TNC), AZZ (AZZ), Powell Industries (POWL), LegalZoom.com (LZ), and Alamo Group (ALG). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Standex International (NYSE:SXI) and Kennametal (NYSE:KMT) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and community ranking.
Standex International has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kennametal has a beta of 1.76, suggesting that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Standex International has a net margin of 10.11% compared to Standex International's net margin of 5.29%. Kennametal's return on equity of 13.72% beat Standex International's return on equity.
Standex International pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Kennametal pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Standex International pays out 19.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kennametal pays out 59.3% 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. Standex International has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years.
Standex International currently has a consensus target price of $191.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.20%. Kennametal has a consensus target price of $24.20, suggesting a potential downside of 6.92%. Given Kennametal's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Standex International is more favorable than Kennametal.
90.4% of Standex International shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Standex International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Kennametal shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Standex International had 4 more articles in the media than Kennametal. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Standex International and 2 mentions for Kennametal. Standex International's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Kennametal's score of 0.58 indicating that Kennametal is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Standex International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kennametal. Kennametal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Standex International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kennametal received 163 more outperform votes than Standex International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.45% of users gave Standex International an outperform vote while only 55.91% of users gave Kennametal an outperform vote.
Summary
Standex International beats Kennametal on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding KMT 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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