CMCO vs. TNC, TRS, GRC, PRLB, HY, ERII, GHM, OFLX, FSTR, and BOOM
Should you be buying Columbus McKinnon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Columbus McKinnon include Tennant (TNC), TriMas (TRS), Gorman-Rupp (GRC), Proto Labs (PRLB), Hyster-Yale Materials Handling (HY), Energy Recovery (ERII), Graham (GHM), Omega Flex (OFLX), L.B. Foster (FSTR), and DMC Global (BOOM). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Columbus McKinnon vs. Its Competitors
Tennant (NYSE:TNC) and Columbus McKinnon (NASDAQ:CMCO) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
Tennant pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Columbus McKinnon pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Tennant pays out 33.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Columbus McKinnon pays out -164.7% 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 has increased its dividend for 53 consecutive years. Columbus McKinnon is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Tennant has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Columbus McKinnon has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Tennant has higher revenue and earnings than Columbus McKinnon. Columbus McKinnon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tennant, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Tennant has a net margin of 6.51% compared to Columbus McKinnon's net margin of 0.95%. Tennant's return on equity of 19.98% beat Columbus McKinnon's return on equity.
93.3% of Tennant shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Columbus McKinnon shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Tennant shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Columbus McKinnon shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Tennant received 48 more outperform votes than Columbus McKinnon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.80% of users gave Tennant an outperform vote while only 60.89% of users gave Columbus McKinnon an outperform vote.
Tennant currently has a consensus price target of $125.00, suggesting a potential upside of 66.18%. Columbus McKinnon has a consensus price target of $35.00, suggesting a potential upside of 125.52%. Given Columbus McKinnon's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Columbus McKinnon is more favorable than Tennant.
In the previous week, Tennant had 3 more articles in the media than Columbus McKinnon. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Tennant and 2 mentions for Columbus McKinnon. Columbus McKinnon's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Tennant's score of 0.61 indicating that Columbus McKinnon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Tennant beats Columbus McKinnon on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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.
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This page (NASDAQ:CMCO) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
