THR vs. FELE, ENS, BDC, BRC, POWL, VICR, PLPC, AMSC, LYTS, and FCEL
Should you be buying Thermon Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Thermon Group include Franklin Electric (FELE), EnerSys (ENS), Belden (BDC), Brady (BRC), Powell Industries (POWL), Vicor (VICR), Preformed Line Products (PLPC), American Superconductor (AMSC), LSI Industries (LYTS), and FuelCell Energy (FCEL). These companies are all part of the "electrical components & equipment" industry.
Thermon Group (NYSE:THR) and Franklin Electric (NASDAQ:FELE) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and valuation.
Thermon Group currently has a consensus price target of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.34%. Franklin Electric has a consensus price target of $100.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.64%. Given Thermon Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Thermon Group is more favorable than Franklin Electric.
Thermon Group has a net margin of 10.43% compared to Franklin Electric's net margin of 9.25%. Franklin Electric's return on equity of 15.86% beat Thermon Group's return on equity.
99.8% of Thermon Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Franklin Electric shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Thermon Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Franklin Electric shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Franklin Electric has higher revenue and earnings than Thermon Group. Thermon Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franklin Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Thermon Group had 17 more articles in the media than Franklin Electric. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Thermon Group and 4 mentions for Franklin Electric. Franklin Electric's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Thermon Group's score of 0.50 indicating that Franklin Electric is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Thermon Group has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Electric has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Thermon Group received 31 more outperform votes than Franklin Electric when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.06% of users gave Thermon Group an outperform vote while only 55.53% of users gave Franklin Electric an outperform vote.
Summary
Thermon Group beats Franklin Electric on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding THR 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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