EML vs. CMCO, GHM, OFLX, FSTR, PLL, BOOM, NNBR, HURC, AP, and TBLT
Should you be buying Eastern stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eastern include Columbus McKinnon (CMCO), Graham (GHM), Omega Flex (OFLX), L.B. Foster (FSTR), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), DMC Global (BOOM), NN (NNBR), Hurco Companies (HURC), Ampco-Pittsburgh (AP), and ToughBuilt Industries (TBLT). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Eastern vs.
Eastern (NASDAQ:EML) and Columbus McKinnon (NASDAQ:CMCO) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.
In the previous week, Eastern had 7 more articles in the media than Columbus McKinnon. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Eastern and 6 mentions for Columbus McKinnon. Columbus McKinnon's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Eastern's score of 0.22 indicating that Columbus McKinnon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Columbus McKinnon has a consensus target price of $44.00, suggesting a potential upside of 171.10%. Given Columbus McKinnon's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Columbus McKinnon is more favorable than Eastern.
Columbus McKinnon received 99 more outperform votes than Eastern when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.77% of users gave Eastern an outperform vote while only 60.89% of users gave Columbus McKinnon an outperform vote.
Columbus McKinnon has higher revenue and earnings than Eastern. Eastern is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Columbus McKinnon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Eastern pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Columbus McKinnon pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Eastern pays out -33.3% 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. Eastern is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
77.0% of Eastern shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Columbus McKinnon shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.0% of Eastern shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Columbus McKinnon shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Columbus McKinnon has a net margin of 0.95% compared to Eastern's net margin of -2.26%. Eastern's return on equity of 10.44% beat Columbus McKinnon's return on equity.
Eastern has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Columbus McKinnon has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Columbus McKinnon beats Eastern on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:EML) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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