EPAC vs. UFPT, B, TNC, SXI, KMT, OI, POWL, LZ, AZZ, and HEES
Should you be buying Enerpac Tool Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enerpac Tool Group include UFP Technologies (UFPT), Barnes Group (B), Tennant (TNC), Standex International (SXI), Kennametal (KMT), O-I Glass (OI), Powell Industries (POWL), LegalZoom.com (LZ), AZZ (AZZ), and H&E Equipment Services (HEES). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
UFP Technologies (NASDAQ:UFPT) and Enerpac Tool Group (NYSE:EPAC) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.
Enerpac Tool Group has higher revenue and earnings than UFP Technologies. Enerpac Tool Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UFP Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
UFP Technologies has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enerpac Tool Group has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
UFP Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $238.50, suggesting a potential downside of 8.77%. Enerpac Tool Group has a consensus target price of $35.00, suggesting a potential downside of 6.84%. Given UFP Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Enerpac Tool Group is more favorable than UFP Technologies.
In the previous week, UFP Technologies had 2 more articles in the media than Enerpac Tool Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for UFP Technologies and 3 mentions for Enerpac Tool Group. Enerpac Tool Group's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat UFP Technologies' score of 0.49 indicating that UFP Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
87.3% of UFP Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.7% of Enerpac Tool Group shares are held by institutional investors. 7.8% of UFP Technologies 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, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
UFP Technologies' return on equity of 26.38% beat Enerpac Tool Group's return on equity.
UFP Technologies received 201 more outperform votes than Enerpac Tool Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.03% of users gave UFP Technologies an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave Enerpac Tool Group an outperform vote.
Summary
UFP Technologies beats Enerpac Tool Group on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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