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$16.04 +0.89 (+5.87%)
Closing price 10/21/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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CMCO vs. ITT, AIN, KMT, 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), Albany International (AIN), Kennametal (KMT), 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

ITT (NYSE:ITT) and Columbus McKinnon (NASDAQ:CMCO) are both industrial machinery companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and earnings.

ITT has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Columbus McKinnon has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

91.6% of ITT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Columbus McKinnon shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of ITT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Columbus McKinnon shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

ITT pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Columbus McKinnon pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. ITT pays out 22.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Columbus McKinnon pays out -51.9% 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.

In the previous week, ITT had 21 more articles in the media than Columbus McKinnon. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for ITT and 5 mentions for Columbus McKinnon. ITT's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Columbus McKinnon's score of 0.65 indicating that ITT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
ITT
17 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Columbus McKinnon
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

ITT currently has a consensus price target of $191.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.31%. Columbus McKinnon has a consensus price target of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 118.20%. Given Columbus McKinnon's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Columbus McKinnon is more favorable than ITT.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ITT
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.92
Columbus McKinnon
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ITT13.99% 18.08% 10.08%
Columbus McKinnon -1.63%7.62%3.87%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ITT$3.63B3.75$518.30M$6.3627.47
Columbus McKinnon$959.22M0.48-$5.14M-$0.54-29.70

Summary

ITT beats Columbus McKinnon on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CMCO vs. The Competition

MetricColumbus McKinnonMACH IndustryIndustrials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$435.18M$13.19B$7.83B$10.68B
Dividend Yield1.90%1.34%4.59%4.88%
P/E Ratio-29.7046.1125.6627.22
Price / Sales0.485.021,256.38128.38
Price / Cash9.5226.5127.8761.65
Price / Book0.526.024.936.59
Net Income-$5.14M$271.22M$790.14M$276.14M
7 Day Performance2.95%0.74%-0.22%-0.72%
1 Month Performance2.69%3.22%1.71%2.47%
1 Year Performance-51.50%-12.59%30.39%33.90%

Columbus McKinnon Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CMCO
Columbus McKinnon
3.0871 of 5 stars
$16.04
+5.9%
$35.00
+118.2%
-52.4%$435.18M$959.22M-29.703,478Dividend Announcement
ITT
ITT
4.7217 of 5 stars
$171.77
+0.5%
$190.89
+11.1%
+18.4%$13.33B$3.63B27.0111,700Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
AIN
Albany International
4.2261 of 5 stars
$55.75
+3.8%
$69.00
+23.8%
-21.1%$1.58B$1.23B27.885,400Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
KMT
Kennametal
3.5121 of 5 stars
$21.30
+4.1%
$24.00
+12.7%
-9.5%$1.55B$1.97B17.758,124
TRS
TriMas
4.5038 of 5 stars
$35.88
+0.1%
$45.00
+25.4%
+36.8%$1.46B$925.01M39.433,900Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
TNC
Tennant
4.8013 of 5 stars
$78.93
+0.9%
$125.00
+58.4%
-11.2%$1.44B$1.29B24.594,632
GRC
Gorman-Rupp
3.3906 of 5 stars
$44.94
+1.2%
N/A+25.9%$1.17B$659.67M22.811,450News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
PRLB
Proto Labs
2.7348 of 5 stars
$51.23
+6.2%
$52.50
+2.5%
+90.9%$1.15B$500.89M85.382,357
ERII
Energy Recovery
4.459 of 5 stars
$15.56
+1.9%
$18.75
+20.5%
-9.3%$812.34M$144.95M37.05250
HY
Hyster-Yale
3.3821 of 5 stars
$35.50
+3.9%
$70.00
+97.2%
-44.9%$605.16M$4.31B28.638,500
GHM
Graham
3.3651 of 5 stars
$57.96
+5.3%
$60.00
+3.5%
+93.6%$604M$209.90M46.00490News Coverage
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This page (NASDAQ:CMCO) was last updated on 10/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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