CMCO vs. ITT, KMT, AIN, TRS, TNC, GRC, PRLB, ERII, HY, and GHM
Should you be buying Columbus McKinnon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Columbus McKinnon include ITT (ITT), Kennametal (KMT), Albany International (AIN), TriMas (TRS), Tennant (TNC), Gorman-Rupp (GRC), Proto Labs (PRLB), Energy Recovery (ERII), Hyster-Yale (HY), and Graham (GHM). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Columbus McKinnon vs. Its Competitors
Columbus McKinnon (NASDAQ:CMCO) and ITT (NYSE:ITT) are both industrial machinery companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.
ITT has a net margin of 13.99% compared to Columbus McKinnon's net margin of -1.63%. ITT's return on equity of 18.08% beat Columbus McKinnon's return on equity.
Columbus McKinnon currently has a consensus target price of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 129.51%. ITT has a consensus target price of $190.89, indicating a potential upside of 5.02%. Given Columbus McKinnon's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Columbus McKinnon is more favorable than ITT.
In the previous week, ITT had 9 more articles in the media than Columbus McKinnon. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for ITT and 1 mentions for Columbus McKinnon. ITT's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Columbus McKinnon's score of 0.59 indicating that ITT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
96.0% of Columbus McKinnon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of ITT shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Columbus McKinnon shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of ITT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Columbus McKinnon has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ITT has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Columbus McKinnon pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. ITT pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Columbus McKinnon pays out -51.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ITT pays out 22.0% 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. ITT has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Columbus McKinnon is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
ITT has higher revenue and earnings than Columbus McKinnon. Columbus McKinnon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ITT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
ITT beats Columbus McKinnon on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Columbus McKinnon News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for CMCO and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CMCO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Columbus McKinnon Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
This page (NASDAQ:CMCO) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
