ATKR vs. ENS, ESAB, BERY, AA, MLI, GTLS, RBC, FLS, TKR, and AIT
Should you be buying Atkore stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Atkore include EnerSys (ENS), ESAB (ESAB), Berry Global Group (BERY), Alcoa (AA), Mueller Industries (MLI), Chart Industries (GTLS), RBC Bearings (RBC), Flowserve (FLS), Timken (TKR), and Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
EnerSys (NYSE:ENS) and Atkore (NYSE:ATKR) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.
EnerSys pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Atkore pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. EnerSys pays out 13.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Atkore pays out 7.7% 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. EnerSys has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. EnerSys is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
EnerSys received 41 more outperform votes than Atkore when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.33% of users gave EnerSys an outperform vote while only 67.05% of users gave Atkore an outperform vote.
EnerSys currently has a consensus target price of $126.00, suggesting a potential upside of 38.04%. Atkore has a consensus target price of $191.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.38%. Given Atkore's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe EnerSys is more favorable than Atkore.
EnerSys has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atkore has a beta of 2.19, indicating that its share price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Atkore has lower revenue, but higher earnings than EnerSys. Atkore is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EnerSys, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Atkore has a net margin of 18.80% compared to Atkore's net margin of 7.49%. EnerSys' return on equity of 46.79% beat Atkore's return on equity.
In the previous week, Atkore had 2 more articles in the media than EnerSys. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Atkore and 5 mentions for EnerSys. Atkore's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat EnerSys' score of 0.84 indicating that EnerSys is being referred to more favorably in the media.
94.9% of EnerSys shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of EnerSys shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Atkore shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Atkore beats EnerSys on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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