NPO vs. TNC, SXI, CR, GOGL, AIR, CRS, HURN, HTZ, TPC, and MATW
Should you be buying Enpro stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enpro include Tennant (TNC), Standex International (SXI), Crane (CR), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), AAR (AIR), Carpenter Technology (CRS), Huron Consulting Group (HURN), Hertz Global (HTZ), Tutor Perini (TPC), and Matthews International (MATW).
Tennant (NYSE:TNC) and Enpro (NYSE:NPO) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.
Tennant has higher revenue and earnings than Enpro. Tennant is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enpro, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Tennant had 7 more articles in the media than Enpro. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Tennant and 11 mentions for Enpro. Enpro's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Tennant's score of 0.23 indicating that Tennant is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Tennant pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Enpro pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Tennant pays out 18.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enpro pays out 113.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Tennant has increased its dividend for 52 consecutive years and Enpro has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Tennant is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Tennant has a net margin of 9.10% compared to Tennant's net margin of 2.10%. Enpro's return on equity of 23.16% beat Tennant's return on equity.
Enpro received 30 more outperform votes than Tennant when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.51% of users gave Enpro an outperform vote while only 62.02% of users gave Tennant an outperform vote.
93.3% of Tennant shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.3% of Enpro shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Tennant shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Enpro shares are owned by 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.
Tennant has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enpro has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Tennant currently has a consensus target price of $106.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.02%. Enpro has a consensus target price of $158.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.72%. Given Tennant's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Enpro is more favorable than Tennant.
Summary
Tennant beats Enpro on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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