ITRN vs. EBF, KRT, DMRC, ACCO, EAF, MTW, HDSN, TWI, CIX, and IIIN
Should you be buying Ituran Location and Control stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ituran Location and Control include Ennis (EBF), Karat Packaging (KRT), Digimarc (DMRC), ACCO Brands (ACCO), GrafTech International (EAF), Manitowoc (MTW), Hudson Technologies (HDSN), Titan International (TWI), CompX International (CIX), and Insteel Industries (IIIN). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Ituran Location and Control (NASDAQ:ITRN) and Ennis (NYSE:EBF) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Ituran Location and Control currently has a consensus target price of $35.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.41%. Given Ituran Location and Control's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ituran Location and Control is more favorable than Ennis.
Ituran Location and Control received 85 more outperform votes than Ennis when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.87% of users gave Ennis an outperform vote while only 63.51% of users gave Ituran Location and Control an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Ennis had 5 more articles in the media than Ituran Location and Control. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Ennis and 2 mentions for Ituran Location and Control. Ennis' average media sentiment score of 0.01 beat Ituran Location and Control's score of 0.00 indicating that Ennis is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ituran Location and Control has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ennis has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
94.8% of Ituran Location and Control shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.3% of Ennis shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Ituran Location and Control shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Ennis shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ituran Location and Control pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Ennis pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Ituran Location and Control pays out 65.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ennis pays out 61.0% 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.
Ituran Location and Control has a net margin of 15.04% compared to Ennis' net margin of 10.14%. Ituran Location and Control's return on equity of 28.61% beat Ennis' return on equity.
Ituran Location and Control has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ennis. Ituran Location and Control is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ennis, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Ituran Location and Control beats Ennis on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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