ERII vs. MWA, ESE, AIN, B, SXI, KMT, TNC, CMCO, GRC, and PRLB
Should you be buying Energy Recovery stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Energy Recovery include Mueller Water Products (MWA), ESCO Technologies (ESE), Albany International (AIN), Barnes Group (B), Standex International (SXI), Kennametal (KMT), Tennant (TNC), Columbus McKinnon (CMCO), Gorman-Rupp (GRC), and Proto Labs (PRLB). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Energy Recovery vs.
Energy Recovery (NASDAQ:ERII) and Mueller Water Products (NYSE:MWA) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and media sentiment.
Mueller Water Products received 91 more outperform votes than Energy Recovery when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.57% of users gave Mueller Water Products an outperform vote while only 60.10% of users gave Energy Recovery an outperform vote.
83.6% of Energy Recovery shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.7% of Mueller Water Products shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Energy Recovery shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Mueller Water Products 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.
Energy Recovery has a net margin of 14.35% compared to Mueller Water Products' net margin of 8.82%. Mueller Water Products' return on equity of 19.38% beat Energy Recovery's return on equity.
Energy Recovery has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mueller Water Products has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Mueller Water Products has higher revenue and earnings than Energy Recovery. Mueller Water Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Energy Recovery, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Mueller Water Products had 1 more articles in the media than Energy Recovery. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Mueller Water Products and 4 mentions for Energy Recovery. Energy Recovery's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Mueller Water Products' score of 0.85 indicating that Energy Recovery is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Energy Recovery presently has a consensus target price of $20.75, suggesting a potential upside of 47.58%. Mueller Water Products has a consensus target price of $22.20, suggesting a potential downside of 0.05%. Given Energy Recovery's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Energy Recovery is more favorable than Mueller Water Products.
Summary
Mueller Water Products beats Energy Recovery on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ERII) was last updated on 1/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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