Enpro (NPO) Competitors

Graco (NYSE:GGG) and Enpro (NYSE:NPO) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GGG or NPO?

Graco received 32 more outperform votes than Enpro when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.46% of users gave Enpro an outperform vote while only 60.63% of users gave Graco an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Graco	Outperform Votes 388 60.63%	Underperform Votes 252 39.38%
Enpro	Outperform Votes 356 63.46%	Underperform Votes 205 36.54%

Do analysts prefer GGG or NPO?

Graco currently has a consensus price target of $89.25, indicating a potential downside of 1.62%. Given Graco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Graco is more favorable than Enpro.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Graco	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Enpro	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more volatility and risk, GGG or NPO?

Graco has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enpro has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to GGG or NPO?

In the previous week, Graco had 9 more articles in the media than Enpro. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Graco and 6 mentions for Enpro. Graco's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Enpro's score of 0.10 indicating that Graco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Graco	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Enpro	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is GGG or NPO a better dividend stock?

Graco pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Enpro pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Graco pays out 36.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enpro pays out 46.7% 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. Graco has increased its dividend for 28 consecutive years. Graco is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of GGG or NPO?

93.9% of Graco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.3% of Enpro shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Graco shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Enpro shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is GGG or NPO more profitable?

Graco has a net margin of 22.87% compared to Enpro's net margin of 5.20%. Graco's return on equity of 21.24% beat Enpro's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Graco	22.87%	21.24%	17.74%
Enpro	5.20%	9.71%	5.50%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, GGG or NPO?

Graco has higher revenue and earnings than Enpro. Graco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enpro, 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
Graco	$2.20B	6.98	$506.51M	$2.83	32.06
Enpro	$1.06B	3.84	$22.20M	$2.57	75.46

Summary

Graco beats Enpro on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.