GRC vs. KAI, NPO, JBT, MWA, ESE, AIN, B, KMT, SXI, and TNC
Should you be buying Gorman-Rupp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gorman-Rupp include Kadant (KAI), Enpro (NPO), John Bean Technologies (JBT), Mueller Water Products (MWA), ESCO Technologies (ESE), Albany International (AIN), Barnes Group (B), Kennametal (KMT), Standex International (SXI), and Tennant (TNC). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Kadant (NYSE:KAI) and Gorman-Rupp (NYSE:GRC) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Kadant pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Gorman-Rupp pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Kadant pays out 13.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gorman-Rupp pays out 52.2% 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. Kadant has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Gorman-Rupp has increased its dividend for 51 consecutive years. Gorman-Rupp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Kadant had 2 more articles in the media than Gorman-Rupp. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Kadant and 0 mentions for Gorman-Rupp. Kadant's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Gorman-Rupp's score of 0.84 indicating that Gorman-Rupp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
96.1% of Kadant shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.3% of Gorman-Rupp shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Kadant shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of Gorman-Rupp shares are owned 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.
Kadant currently has a consensus price target of $360.00, indicating a potential upside of 33.34%. Gorman-Rupp has a consensus price target of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.74%. Given Gorman-Rupp's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kadant is more favorable than Gorman-Rupp.
Kadant received 8 more outperform votes than Gorman-Rupp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.53% of users gave Gorman-Rupp an outperform vote while only 57.84% of users gave Kadant an outperform vote.
Kadant has a net margin of 11.53% compared to Kadant's net margin of 5.52%. Gorman-Rupp's return on equity of 15.60% beat Kadant's return on equity.
Kadant has higher revenue and earnings than Gorman-Rupp. Gorman-Rupp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kadant, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kadant has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gorman-Rupp has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Kadant beats Gorman-Rupp on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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