Columbus McKinnon (CMCO) Competitors

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

Is ITT or CMCO more profitable?

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
ITT	13.99%	18.08%	10.08%
Columbus McKinnon	-1.63%	7.62%	3.87%

Is ITT or CMCO a better dividend stock?

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 1.8%. 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 raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Columbus McKinnon is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility & risk, ITT or CMCO?

ITT has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Columbus McKinnon has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor ITT or CMCO?

In the previous week, ITT had 16 more articles in the media than Columbus McKinnon. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for ITT and 7 mentions for Columbus McKinnon. Columbus McKinnon's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat ITT's score of 1.49 indicating that Columbus McKinnon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ITT	20 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Columbus McKinnon	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ITT or CMCO?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ITT	$3.70B	3.64	$518.30M	$6.36	27.16
Columbus McKinnon	$963.03M	0.45	-$5.14M	-$0.54	-28.19

Do analysts prefer ITT or CMCO?

ITT currently has a consensus price target of $179.22, indicating a potential upside of 3.74%. Columbus McKinnon has a consensus price target of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 129.96%. Given Columbus McKinnon's higher possible 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)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90
Columbus McKinnon	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

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

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Columbus McKinnon shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

ITT beats Columbus McKinnon on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.