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$23.45 +0.15 (+0.65%)
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EML vs. GHM, CMCO, OFLX, FSTR, BOOM, PLL, HURC, NNBR, AP, and TBLT

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

Eastern vs. Its Competitors

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

Graham has a net margin of 5.83% compared to Eastern's net margin of -3.01%. Graham's return on equity of 12.07% beat Eastern's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Eastern-3.01% 10.22% 5.25%
Graham 5.83%12.07%5.37%

77.0% of Eastern shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.5% of Graham shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.0% of Eastern shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Graham shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Eastern has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Graham has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Eastern$272.75M0.53-$8.53M-$1.32-17.77
Graham$209.90M2.69$12.23M$1.1146.50

In the previous week, Eastern had 4 more articles in the media than Graham. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Eastern and 5 mentions for Graham. Eastern's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Graham's score of -0.02 indicating that Eastern is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Graham has a consensus target price of $60.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.24%. Given Graham's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Graham 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
Graham
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33

Summary

Graham beats Eastern on 11 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$145.39M$2.03B$7.62B$9.35B
Dividend Yield1.88%1.87%4.55%4.09%
P/E Ratio-17.9138.9625.2519.83
Price / Sales0.534.11103.89106.18
Price / Cash7.5961.7127.4657.53
Price / Book1.209.264.415.72
Net Income-$8.53M$110.42M$797.00M$257.51M
7 Day Performance-4.24%0.80%0.21%0.59%
1 Month Performance1.78%3.45%5.84%10.74%
1 Year Performance-21.44%203.36%27.89%15.87%

Eastern Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EML
Eastern
1.168 of 5 stars
$23.45
+0.6%
N/A-23.6%$145.39M$272.75M-17.911,246
GHM
Graham
4.1932 of 5 stars
$52.60
-0.3%
$60.00
+14.1%
+61.6%$577.53M$209.90M47.39490
CMCO
Columbus McKinnon
4.2198 of 5 stars
$15.58
-4.9%
$35.00
+124.6%
-58.8%$470.20M$963.03M-91.653,478News Coverage
OFLX
Omega Flex
3.2642 of 5 stars
$34.34
-5.6%
N/A-37.5%$367.13M$101.68M19.97170High Trading Volume
FSTR
L.B. Foster
3.6529 of 5 stars
$23.55
-3.0%
$25.00
+6.2%
-1.9%$256.49M$530.77M7.111,057
BOOM
DMC Global
3.2089 of 5 stars
$8.38
-0.6%
$16.25
+93.9%
-48.4%$172.74M$642.85M-1.031,600
PLL
Piedmont Lithium
1.9025 of 5 stars
$6.17
-5.4%
$12.75
+106.6%
-42.2%$143.09M$99.88M-2.2040News Coverage
Positive News
HURC
Hurco Companies
1.2249 of 5 stars
$20.71
+1.0%
N/A+13.9%$133.39M$186.58M-6.93740Positive News
NNBR
NN
1.3305 of 5 stars
$2.18
-5.6%
N/A-47.6%$116.53M$464.29M-2.202,900
AP
Ampco-Pittsburgh
1.0385 of 5 stars
$2.88
-0.7%
N/A+91.3%$58.27M$418.30M13.091,634
TBLT
ToughBuilt Industries
N/A$0.75
-1.3%
N/A-86.0%$1.08M$89.62M0.00180

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