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Eastern (EML) Competitors

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$21.18 +0.01 (+0.05%)
Closing price 10/24/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$21.26 +0.09 (+0.40%)
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EML vs. CMCO, OFLX, FSTR, BOOM, HURC, NNBR, AP, TBLT, PH, and ITW

Should you be buying Eastern stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eastern include Columbus McKinnon (CMCO), Omega Flex (OFLX), L.B. Foster (FSTR), DMC Global (BOOM), Hurco Companies (HURC), NN (NNBR), Ampco-Pittsburgh (AP), ToughBuilt Industries (TBLT), Parker-Hannifin (PH), and Illinois Tool Works (ITW). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.

Eastern vs. Its Competitors

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

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, 2.3% of Columbus McKinnon shares are held 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.

Columbus McKinnon has a net margin of -1.63% compared to Eastern's net margin of -3.06%. 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-3.06% 10.44% 5.38%
Columbus McKinnon -1.63%7.62%3.87%

Columbus McKinnon has a consensus price target of $35.00, suggesting a potential upside of 122.22%. Given Columbus McKinnon's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Columbus McKinnon is more favorable than Eastern.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Eastern
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00
Columbus McKinnon
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50

Columbus McKinnon has higher revenue and earnings than Eastern. Columbus McKinnon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eastern, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Eastern$272.75M0.47-$8.53M-$1.32-16.05
Columbus McKinnon$963.03M0.47-$5.14M-$0.54-29.17

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 1.8%. Eastern pays out -33.3% 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.

Eastern has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Columbus McKinnon has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Eastern had 8 more articles in the media than Columbus McKinnon. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Eastern and 7 mentions for Columbus McKinnon. Columbus McKinnon's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Eastern's score of -0.07 indicating that Columbus McKinnon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

Columbus McKinnon beats Eastern on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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EML vs. The Competition

MetricEasternPROTECTION IndustryIndustrials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$129.16M$2.29B$7.97B$10.81B
Dividend Yield2.08%1.73%4.57%4.80%
P/E Ratio-16.0520.4124.9925.53
Price / Sales0.475.321,267.85133.12
Price / Cash6.8674.1628.1361.86
Price / Book1.0914.984.996.61
Net Income-$8.53M$109.95M$790.14M$277.10M
7 Day Performance-0.61%1.42%1.87%2.57%
1 Month Performance-13.09%-2.27%3.19%3.79%
1 Year Performance-32.01%24.62%31.01%33.01%

Eastern Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EML
Eastern
0.7434 of 5 stars
$21.18
+0.0%
N/A-34.3%$129.16M$272.75M-16.051,246News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
CMCO
Columbus McKinnon
3.0532 of 5 stars
$15.15
+3.1%
$35.00
+131.0%
-51.7%$422.26M$963.03M-28.063,478News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
OFLX
Omega Flex
2.7304 of 5 stars
$28.84
-1.1%
N/A-41.6%$294.24M$100.70M17.17170Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
FSTR
L.B. Foster
4.0699 of 5 stars
$26.68
+1.9%
$25.00
-6.3%
+39.2%$277.45M$530.77M8.041,057Positive News
Analyst Forecast
BOOM
DMC Global
1.081 of 5 stars
$7.51
+3.6%
$8.50
+13.2%
-15.4%$149.21M$642.85M-0.871,600News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
HURC
Hurco Companies
1.2555 of 5 stars
$18.21
+3.5%
N/A-8.3%$112.68M$186.79M-8.67740News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
NNBR
NN
3.1292 of 5 stars
$1.86
+6.3%
$4.00
+115.1%
-54.3%$88.28M$464.29M-1.652,900Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
AP
Ampco-Pittsburgh
0.9622 of 5 stars
$2.13
+4.1%
N/A+16.6%$41.65M$418.30M-8.891,634Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
TBLT
ToughBuilt Industries
N/A$0.05
+1.0%
N/A-96.2%$73K$89.62M0.00180Gap Up
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.5592 of 5 stars
$740.55
+0.9%
$789.67
+6.6%
+23.8%$92.83B$19.85B27.3157,950Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
ITW
Illinois Tool Works
4.4608 of 5 stars
$252.64
+1.4%
$262.83
+4.0%
-3.8%$72.66B$15.90B22.1444,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:EML) was last updated on 10/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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