Eastern (EML) Competitors

Eastern (NASDAQ:EML) and Columbus McKinnon (NASDAQ:CMCO) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EML or CMCO?

Columbus McKinnon received 100 more outperform votes than Eastern when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.69% of users gave Eastern an outperform vote while only 60.89% of users gave Columbus McKinnon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Eastern	Outperform Votes 188 80.69%	Underperform Votes 45 19.31%
Columbus McKinnon	Outperform Votes 288 60.89%	Underperform Votes 185 39.11%

Is EML or CMCO more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eastern	-2.26%	10.44%	5.42%
Columbus McKinnon	0.95%	8.64%	4.30%

Do analysts recommend EML or CMCO?

Columbus McKinnon has a consensus target price of $44.00, suggesting a potential upside of 194.51%. Given Columbus McKinnon's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Columbus McKinnon is more favorable than Eastern.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Eastern	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Columbus McKinnon	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media favor EML or CMCO?

In the previous week, Eastern had 25 more articles in the media than Columbus McKinnon. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Eastern and 1 mentions for Columbus McKinnon. Columbus McKinnon's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Eastern's score of 0.33 indicating that Columbus McKinnon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Eastern	Neutral
Columbus McKinnon	Very Positive

Is EML or CMCO a better dividend stock?

Eastern pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Columbus McKinnon pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Eastern pays out -33.1% 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, EML or CMCO?

Eastern has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Columbus McKinnon has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in EML or CMCO?

77.0% of Eastern shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Columbus McKinnon shares are held by institutional investors. 17.0% of Eastern shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% 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 will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, EML or CMCO?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Eastern	$272.75M	0.48	$8.59M	-$1.33	-15.96
Columbus McKinnon	$981.64M	0.44	$46.62M	$0.33	45.27

Summary

Columbus McKinnon beats Eastern on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.