Twin Disc (TWIN) Competitors

Twin Disc (NASDAQ:TWIN) and Graham (NYSE:GHM) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TWIN or GHM?

Twin Disc received 12 more outperform votes than Graham when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.04% of users gave Graham an outperform vote while only 61.82% of users gave Twin Disc an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Twin Disc	Outperform Votes 272 61.82%	Underperform Votes 168 38.18%
Graham	Outperform Votes 260 64.04%	Underperform Votes 146 35.96%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in TWIN or GHM?

65.3% of Twin Disc shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.5% of Graham shares are held by institutional investors. 21.2% of Twin Disc shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Graham 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.

Do analysts prefer TWIN or GHM?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Twin Disc	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Graham	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, TWIN or GHM?

Twin Disc has higher revenue and earnings than Graham. Twin Disc is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Graham, 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
Twin Disc	$276.96M	0.78	$10.38M	$0.87	17.77
Graham	$157.12M	1.97	$370K	$0.26	109.66

Is TWIN or GHM more profitable?

Twin Disc has a net margin of 4.13% compared to Graham's net margin of 1.52%. Twin Disc's return on equity of 8.42% beat Graham's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Twin Disc	4.13%	8.42%	4.27%
Graham	1.52%	2.73%	1.29%

Which has more risk and volatility, TWIN or GHM?

Twin Disc has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Graham has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor TWIN or GHM?

In the previous week, Graham had 3 more articles in the media than Twin Disc. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Graham and 2 mentions for Twin Disc. Twin Disc's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Graham's score of 0.24 indicating that Twin Disc is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Twin Disc	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Graham	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Twin Disc beats Graham on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.