GRC vs. ASTE, MRC, TRS, HY, XMTR, DXPE, CECO, PRLB, MYE, and SCSC
Should you be buying Gorman-Rupp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gorman-Rupp include Astec Industries (ASTE), MRC Global (MRC), TriMas (TRS), Hyster-Yale Materials Handling (HY), Xometry (XMTR), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), CECO Environmental (CECO), Proto Labs (PRLB), Myers Industries (MYE), and ScanSource (SCSC). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Gorman-Rupp (NYSE:GRC) and Astec Industries (NASDAQ:ASTE) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Gorman-Rupp has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Astec Industries has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Gorman-Rupp has a net margin of 5.52% compared to Astec Industries' net margin of 2.50%. Gorman-Rupp's return on equity of 10.60% beat Astec Industries' return on equity.
59.3% of Gorman-Rupp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of Astec Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.4% of Gorman-Rupp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Astec Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Gorman-Rupp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Astec Industries. Gorman-Rupp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Astec Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Astec Industries received 99 more outperform votes than Gorman-Rupp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.37% of users gave Astec Industries an outperform vote while only 62.53% of users gave Gorman-Rupp an outperform vote.
Gorman-Rupp pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Astec Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Gorman-Rupp pays out 52.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Astec Industries pays out 35.4% 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.
Gorman-Rupp presently has a consensus target price of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.83%. Astec Industries has a consensus target price of $46.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.88%. Given Gorman-Rupp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Gorman-Rupp is more favorable than Astec Industries.
In the previous week, Gorman-Rupp had 8 more articles in the media than Astec Industries. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Gorman-Rupp and 5 mentions for Astec Industries. Astec Industries' average media sentiment score of -0.26 beat Gorman-Rupp's score of -0.32 indicating that Astec Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Astec Industries beats Gorman-Rupp on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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