TNC vs. VMI, TKR, KAI, JBT, MWA, NPO, ESE, AIN, B, and SXI
Should you be buying Tennant stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tennant include Valmont Industries (VMI), Timken (TKR), Kadant (KAI), John Bean Technologies (JBT), Mueller Water Products (MWA), Enpro (NPO), ESCO Technologies (ESE), Albany International (AIN), Barnes Group (B), and Standex International (SXI). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Tennant vs.
Valmont Industries (NYSE:VMI) and Tennant (NYSE:TNC) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and community ranking.
Valmont Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Tennant pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Valmont Industries pays out 16.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tennant pays out 20.8% 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 raised its dividend for 53 consecutive years. Tennant is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
87.8% of Valmont Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of Tennant shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Valmont Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Tennant shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Valmont Industries has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tennant has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valmont Industries received 2 more outperform votes than Tennant when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.16% of users gave Valmont Industries an outperform vote while only 62.66% of users gave Tennant an outperform vote.
Tennant has a net margin of 8.52% compared to Valmont Industries' net margin of 7.38%. Valmont Industries' return on equity of 23.10% beat Tennant's return on equity.
Valmont Industries presently has a consensus target price of $381.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.39%. Tennant has a consensus target price of $125.00, suggesting a potential upside of 44.14%. Given Tennant's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Tennant is more favorable than Valmont Industries.
In the previous week, Valmont Industries had 2 more articles in the media than Tennant. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Valmont Industries and 5 mentions for Tennant. Tennant's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Valmont Industries' score of 0.59 indicating that Tennant is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Valmont Industries beats Tennant on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:TNC) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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