Enpro (NPO) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, NPO or PNR?

Enpro has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pentair has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer NPO or PNR?

Enpro presently has a consensus target price of $217.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.51%. Pentair has a consensus target price of $111.25, suggesting a potential upside of 19.76%. Given Pentair's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pentair is more favorable than Enpro.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Enpro	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Pentair	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Is NPO or PNR a better dividend stock?

Enpro pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Pentair pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Enpro pays out 34.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pentair pays out 26.7% 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. Pentair is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to NPO or PNR?

In the previous week, Enpro had 6 more articles in the media than Pentair. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Enpro and 20 mentions for Pentair. Enpro's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Pentair's score of 0.25 indicating that Enpro is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Enpro	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pentair	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better earnings and valuation, NPO or PNR?

Pentair has higher revenue and earnings than Enpro. Pentair 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
Enpro	$1.05B	4.01	$22.20M	$3.46	57.93
Pentair	$4.08B	3.76	$625.40M	$3.74	24.84

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in NPO or PNR?

98.3% of Enpro shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Pentair shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Enpro shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Pentair shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is NPO or PNR more profitable?

Pentair has a net margin of 15.32% compared to Enpro's net margin of 6.95%. Pentair's return on equity of 20.94% beat Enpro's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Enpro	6.95%	10.25%	5.83%
Pentair	15.32%	20.94%	11.05%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NPO or PNR?

Pentair received 296 more outperform votes than Enpro when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.54% of users gave Enpro an outperform vote while only 57.26% of users gave Pentair an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Enpro	Outperform Votes 359 63.54%	Underperform Votes 206 36.46%
Pentair	Outperform Votes 655 57.26%	Underperform Votes 489 42.74%

Summary

Pentair beats Enpro on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.