SXI vs. TNC, NPO, CR, HURN, AIR, HTZ, GOGL, TPC, MATW, and RGR
Should you be buying Standex International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Standex International include Tennant (TNC), Enpro (NPO), Crane (CR), Huron Consulting Group (HURN), AAR (AIR), Hertz Global (HTZ), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), Tutor Perini (TPC), Matthews International (MATW), and Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (RGR).
Standex International (NYSE:SXI) and Tennant (NYSE:TNC) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
Tennant received 54 more outperform votes than Standex International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.45% of users gave Standex International an outperform vote while only 62.10% of users gave Tennant an outperform vote.
Standex International has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tennant has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Standex International had 19 more articles in the media than Tennant. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Standex International and 7 mentions for Tennant. Standex International's average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat Tennant's score of 0.12 indicating that Standex International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Standex International presently has a consensus target price of $191.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.01%. Tennant has a consensus target price of $106.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.23%. Given Standex International's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Standex International is more favorable than Tennant.
Standex International pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Tennant pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Standex International pays out 19.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tennant pays out 18.6% 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. Tennant is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Standex International has a net margin of 10.11% compared to Tennant's net margin of 9.10%. Tennant's return on equity of 23.16% beat Standex International's return on equity.
90.4% of Standex International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of Tennant shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Standex International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Tennant shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Standex International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tennant. Tennant is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Standex International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Standex International beats Tennant on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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