Columbus McKinnon (CMCO) Competitors

Standex International (NYSE:SXI) and Columbus McKinnon (NASDAQ:CMCO) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends and community ranking.

Is SXI or CMCO more profitable?

Standex International has a net margin of 7.59% compared to Columbus McKinnon's net margin of 0.95%. Standex International's return on equity of 13.28% beat Columbus McKinnon's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Standex International	7.59%	13.28%	7.51%
Columbus McKinnon	0.95%	8.64%	4.30%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SXI or CMCO?

Columbus McKinnon received 1 more outperform votes than Standex International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.38% of users gave Standex International an outperform vote while only 60.89% of users gave Columbus McKinnon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Standex International	Outperform Votes 287 65.38%	Underperform Votes 152 34.62%
Columbus McKinnon	Outperform Votes 288 60.89%	Underperform Votes 185 39.11%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SXI or CMCO?

90.3% of Standex International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Columbus McKinnon shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Standex International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Columbus McKinnon shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SXI or CMCO a better dividend stock?

Standex International pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Columbus McKinnon pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Standex International pays out 25.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Columbus McKinnon pays out 84.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Standex International has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Which has more risk and volatility, SXI or CMCO?

Standex International has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Columbus McKinnon has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate SXI or CMCO?

Standex International presently has a consensus target price of $223.33, indicating a potential upside of 52.95%. Columbus McKinnon has a consensus target price of $44.00, indicating a potential upside of 170.27%. Given Columbus McKinnon's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Columbus McKinnon is more favorable than Standex International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Standex International	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20
Columbus McKinnon	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, SXI or CMCO?

Standex International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Columbus McKinnon. Standex International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Columbus McKinnon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Standex International	$748.25M	2.36	$73.07M	$5.06	28.86
Columbus McKinnon	$981.64M	0.47	$46.62M	$0.33	49.33

Does the media prefer SXI or CMCO?

In the previous week, Columbus McKinnon had 4 more articles in the media than Standex International. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Columbus McKinnon and 3 mentions for Standex International. Standex International's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Columbus McKinnon's score of 1.03 indicating that Standex International is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Standex International	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Columbus McKinnon	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Standex International beats Columbus McKinnon on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.