ESCO Technologies (ESE) Competitors

ESCO Technologies (NYSE:ESE) and Napco Security Technologies (NASDAQ:NSSC) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Is ESE or NSSC a better dividend stock?

ESCO Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Napco Security Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. ESCO Technologies pays out 8.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Napco Security Technologies pays out 33.6% 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, ESE or NSSC?

ESCO Technologies has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Napco Security Technologies has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ESE or NSSC more profitable?

Napco Security Technologies has a net margin of 25.08% compared to ESCO Technologies' net margin of 9.60%. Napco Security Technologies' return on equity of 30.81% beat ESCO Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ESCO Technologies	9.60%	8.59%	5.62%
Napco Security Technologies	25.08%	30.81%	25.98%

Does the media favor ESE or NSSC?

In the previous week, Napco Security Technologies had 4 more articles in the media than ESCO Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Napco Security Technologies and 2 mentions for ESCO Technologies. Napco Security Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat ESCO Technologies' score of -0.50 indicating that Napco Security Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ESCO Technologies	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
Napco Security Technologies	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ESE or NSSC?

ESCO Technologies received 139 more outperform votes than Napco Security Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.47% of users gave Napco Security Technologies an outperform vote while only 58.56% of users gave ESCO Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ESCO Technologies	Outperform Votes 407 58.56%	Underperform Votes 288 41.44%
Napco Security Technologies	Outperform Votes 268 61.47%	Underperform Votes 168 38.53%

Which has better earnings & valuation, ESE or NSSC?

ESCO Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Napco Security Technologies. ESCO Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Napco Security Technologies, 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
ESCO Technologies	$956.03M	2.76	$92.54M	$3.60	28.38
Napco Security Technologies	$170M	8.70	$27.13M	$1.19	33.78

Do analysts rate ESE or NSSC?

ESCO Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $120.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.45%. Napco Security Technologies has a consensus target price of $36.67, indicating a potential downside of 8.79%. Given ESCO Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe ESCO Technologies is more favorable than Napco Security Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ESCO Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Napco Security Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ESE or NSSC?

95.7% of ESCO Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.1% of Napco Security Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of ESCO Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of Napco Security Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Napco Security Technologies beats ESCO Technologies on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.