THR vs. BDC, BRC, POWL, VICR, AMSC, PLPC, LYTS, FCEL, ETN, and EMR
Should you be buying Thermon Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Thermon Group include Belden (BDC), Brady (BRC), Powell Industries (POWL), Vicor (VICR), American Superconductor (AMSC), Preformed Line Products (PLPC), LSI Industries (LYTS), FuelCell Energy (FCEL), Eaton (ETN), and Emerson Electric (EMR). These companies are all part of the "electrical components & equipment" industry.
Thermon Group (NYSE:THR) and Belden (NYSE:BDC) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and profitability.
99.8% of Thermon Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Belden shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Thermon Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Belden shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Thermon Group has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Belden has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Thermon Group had 16 more articles in the media than Belden. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Thermon Group and 2 mentions for Belden. Belden's average media sentiment score of 1.82 beat Thermon Group's score of 0.14 indicating that Belden is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Belden received 115 more outperform votes than Thermon Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.06% of users gave Thermon Group an outperform vote while only 65.48% of users gave Belden an outperform vote.
Thermon Group currently has a consensus target price of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 32.67%. Belden has a consensus target price of $104.40, indicating a potential upside of 10.28%. Given Thermon Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Thermon Group is more favorable than Belden.
Thermon Group has a net margin of 10.43% compared to Belden's net margin of 9.01%. Belden's return on equity of 23.11% beat Thermon Group's return on equity.
Belden has higher revenue and earnings than Thermon Group. Belden is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Thermon Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Thermon Group beats Belden on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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