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$15.38 +0.10 (+0.65%)
Closing price 07/16/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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CMCO vs. ITT, TNC, TRS, GRC, PRLB, HY, ERII, GHM, OFLX, and FSTR

Should you be buying Columbus McKinnon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Columbus McKinnon include ITT (ITT), Tennant (TNC), TriMas (TRS), Gorman-Rupp (GRC), Proto Labs (PRLB), Hyster-Yale (HY), Energy Recovery (ERII), Graham (GHM), Omega Flex (OFLX), and L.B. Foster (FSTR). 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 superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.

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$3.63B3.42$518.30M$6.2925.08
Columbus McKinnon$963.03M0.46-$5.14M-$0.17-90.47

In the previous week, ITT had 14 more articles in the media than Columbus McKinnon. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for ITT and 4 mentions for Columbus McKinnon. ITT's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Columbus McKinnon's score of 0.94 indicating that ITT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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

ITT has a net margin of 14.19% compared to Columbus McKinnon's net margin of -0.53%. ITT's return on equity of 17.75% beat Columbus McKinnon's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ITT14.19% 17.75% 10.24%
Columbus McKinnon -0.53%8.13%4.10%

ITT currently has a consensus target price of $170.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.78%. Columbus McKinnon has a consensus target price of $35.00, suggesting a potential upside of 127.57%. 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)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89
Columbus McKinnon
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

ITT pays an annual dividend of $1.40 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 1.8%. ITT pays out 22.3% 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. 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 a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Columbus McKinnon has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

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.
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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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CMCO vs. The Competition

MetricColumbus McKinnonMACH IndustryIndustrials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$438.36M$11.38B$7.53B$9.31B
Dividend Yield1.83%1.35%4.55%4.09%
P/E Ratio-90.4741.9525.2019.69
Price / Sales0.464.52104.90111.40
Price / Cash9.6023.5327.4657.53
Price / Book0.505.424.385.67
Net Income-$5.14M$271.22M$797.00M$257.51M
7 Day Performance-7.57%-1.44%-0.18%-0.16%
1 Month Performance3.36%-5.20%5.39%9.89%
1 Year Performance-58.59%-33.98%26.96%15.08%

Columbus McKinnon Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CMCO
Columbus McKinnon
4.2198 of 5 stars
$15.38
+0.7%
$35.00
+127.6%
-58.8%$438.36M$963.03M-90.473,478News Coverage
ITT
ITT
4.5117 of 5 stars
$158.11
+0.2%
$170.00
+7.5%
+10.4%$12.44B$3.63B25.1411,700Analyst Forecast
TNC
Tennant
4.9192 of 5 stars
$82.79
-1.0%
$125.00
+51.0%
-26.3%$1.54B$1.27B23.124,632
TRS
TriMas
4.6384 of 5 stars
$30.30
+0.6%
$40.00
+32.0%
+9.0%$1.23B$925.01M39.353,900
GRC
Gorman-Rupp
3.3807 of 5 stars
$37.33
-0.9%
N/A-10.2%$981.45M$664.35M22.091,450
PRLB
Proto Labs
1.3972 of 5 stars
$40.12
-0.1%
$43.00
+7.2%
+16.9%$953.57M$499.21M66.862,357
HY
Hyster-Yale
3.2768 of 5 stars
$41.82
-1.4%
$70.00
+67.4%
-45.6%$740.69M$4.31B7.468,500
ERII
Energy Recovery
4.8317 of 5 stars
$13.12
-0.3%
$18.17
+38.5%
-12.7%$715.04M$144.95M35.46250News Coverage
Positive News
GHM
Graham
4.1932 of 5 stars
$50.70
+0.2%
$60.00
+18.4%
+61.6%$555.03M$209.90M45.67490
OFLX
Omega Flex
3.2636 of 5 stars
$34.34
-1.4%
N/A-37.5%$346.63M$99.80M19.97170High Trading Volume
FSTR
L.B. Foster
3.6529 of 5 stars
$23.82
-1.6%
$25.00
+5.0%
-1.9%$251.54M$530.77M7.201,057

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This page (NASDAQ:CMCO) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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