EPAC vs. MOG.B, LIQT, SMX, ETN, CW, AGCO, AA, AIT, MSA, and SITE
Should you be buying Enerpac Tool Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enerpac Tool Group include Moog (MOG.B), LiqTech International (LIQT), SMX (Security Matters) Public (SMX), Eaton (ETN), Curtiss-Wright (CW), AGCO (AGCO), Alcoa (AA), Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), MSA Safety (MSA), and SiteOne Landscape Supply (SITE).
Moog (NYSE:MOG.B) and Enerpac Tool Group (NYSE:EPAC) are both mid-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, community ranking and dividends.
Moog has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enerpac Tool Group has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
8.1% of Moog shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.7% of Enerpac Tool Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Moog shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Enerpac Tool Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Moog pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Enerpac Tool Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Moog pays out 19.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enerpac Tool Group pays out 3.1% 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.
Moog received 95 more outperform votes than Enerpac Tool Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave Moog an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave Enerpac Tool Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Enerpac Tool Group had 5 more articles in the media than Moog. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Enerpac Tool Group and 0 mentions for Moog. Moog's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Enerpac Tool Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Enerpac Tool Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Enerpac Tool Group has a consensus target price of $35.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.53%. Given Moog's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Enerpac Tool Group is more favorable than Moog.
Enerpac Tool Group has a net margin of 11.75% compared to Enerpac Tool Group's net margin of 5.41%. Moog's return on equity of 26.38% beat Enerpac Tool Group's return on equity.
Moog has higher revenue and earnings than Enerpac Tool Group. Moog is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enerpac Tool Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Enerpac Tool Group beats Moog on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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