CMCO vs. ASTE, MTW, TRS, EAF, OFLX, KALU, HOLI, UFPT, KRNT, and IRBT
Should you be buying Columbus McKinnon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Columbus McKinnon include Astec Industries (ASTE), Manitowoc (MTW), TriMas (TRS), GrafTech International (EAF), Omega Flex (OFLX), Kaiser Aluminum (KALU), Hollysys Automation Technologies (HOLI), UFP Technologies (UFPT), Kornit Digital (KRNT), and iRobot (IRBT). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Columbus McKinnon vs.
Astec Industries (NASDAQ:ASTE) and Columbus McKinnon (NASDAQ:CMCO) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.
Astec Industries presently has a consensus price target of $49.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.77%. Columbus McKinnon has a consensus price target of $44.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.40%. Given Astec Industries' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Astec Industries is more favorable than Columbus McKinnon.
Astec Industries has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Columbus McKinnon has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Columbus McKinnon has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Astec Industries. Columbus McKinnon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Astec Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Astec Industries received 120 more outperform votes than Columbus McKinnon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.50% of users gave Astec Industries an outperform vote while only 61.06% of users gave Columbus McKinnon an outperform vote.
Columbus McKinnon has a net margin of 5.17% compared to Astec Industries' net margin of 0.59%. Columbus McKinnon's return on equity of 10.56% beat Astec Industries' return on equity.
Astec Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Columbus McKinnon pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Astec Industries pays out 148.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Columbus McKinnon pays out 16.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Astec Industries has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Columbus McKinnon has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Astec Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
93.0% of Astec Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Columbus McKinnon shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Astec Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Columbus McKinnon shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Astec Industries had 1 more articles in the media than Columbus McKinnon. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Astec Industries and 2 mentions for Columbus McKinnon. Astec Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Columbus McKinnon's score of 1.30 indicating that Astec Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Columbus McKinnon beats Astec Industries on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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