Tennant (TNC) Competitors

Tennant (NYSE:TNC) and Valmont Industries (NYSE:VMI) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and dividends.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in TNC or VMI?

93.3% of Tennant shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of Valmont Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Tennant shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Valmont Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, TNC or VMI?

Tennant has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valmont Industries has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer TNC or VMI?

Tennant currently has a consensus target price of $125.00, indicating a potential upside of 78.89%. Valmont Industries has a consensus target price of $361.50, indicating a potential upside of 30.34%. Given Tennant's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Tennant is more favorable than Valmont Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tennant	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Valmont Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is TNC or VMI more profitable?

Valmont Industries has a net margin of 8.55% compared to Tennant's net margin of 6.51%. Valmont Industries' return on equity of 23.15% beat Tennant's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tennant	6.51%	19.98%	10.62%
Valmont Industries	8.55%	23.15%	10.04%

Is TNC or VMI a better dividend stock?

Tennant pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Valmont Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Tennant pays out 26.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Valmont Industries pays out 15.8% 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. Tennant has increased its dividend for 53 consecutive years. Tennant is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TNC or VMI?

Valmont Industries received 7 more outperform votes than Tennant when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.40% of users gave Valmont Industries an outperform vote while only 62.80% of users gave Tennant an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tennant	Outperform Votes 336 62.80%	Underperform Votes 199 37.20%
Valmont Industries	Outperform Votes 343 63.40%	Underperform Votes 198 36.60%

Which has better earnings & valuation, TNC or VMI?

Valmont Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Tennant. Tennant is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Valmont Industries, 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
Tennant	$1.29B	1.02	$109.50M	$4.38	15.95
Valmont Industries	$4.08B	1.37	$143.48M	$17.18	16.14

Does the media prefer TNC or VMI?

In the previous week, Valmont Industries had 4 more articles in the media than Tennant. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Valmont Industries and 17 mentions for Tennant. Valmont Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Tennant's score of 0.31 indicating that Valmont Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tennant	7 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Valmont Industries	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Valmont Industries beats Tennant on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.