ESAB vs. ATS, NDSN, MLI, GTLS, AA, FLS, ADT, TKR, SITE, and BERY
Should you be buying ESAB stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ESAB include ATS (ATS), Nordson (NDSN), Mueller Industries (MLI), Chart Industries (GTLS), Alcoa (AA), Flowserve (FLS), ADT (ADT), Timken (TKR), SiteOne Landscape Supply (SITE), and Berry Global Group (BERY). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
ESAB (NYSE:ESAB) and ATS (NYSE:ATS) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
91.1% of ESAB shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.8% of ATS shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.2% of ESAB shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
ESAB received 10 more outperform votes than ATS when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 37.50% of users gave ESAB an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave ATS an outperform vote.
In the previous week, ATS had 3 more articles in the media than ESAB. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for ATS and 6 mentions for ESAB. ESAB's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat ATS's score of -0.30 indicating that ESAB is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ESAB presently has a consensus target price of $93.75, suggesting a potential downside of 14.98%. ATS has a consensus target price of $48.00, suggesting a potential upside of 41.76%. Given ATS's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ATS is more favorable than ESAB.
ESAB has higher revenue and earnings than ATS. ATS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ESAB, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ESAB has a net margin of 8.39% compared to ATS's net margin of 5.89%. ESAB's return on equity of 17.59% beat ATS's return on equity.
Summary
ESAB beats ATS on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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