MIDD vs. TNC, SXI, SITE, MSA, AIT, GPK, BERY, ESAB, AA, and ATKR
Should you be buying Middleby stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Middleby include Tennant (TNC), Standex International (SXI), SiteOne Landscape Supply (SITE), MSA Safety (MSA), Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), Graphic Packaging (GPK), Berry Global Group (BERY), ESAB (ESAB), Alcoa (AA), and Atkore (ATKR). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Middleby (NASDAQ:MIDD) and Tennant (NYSE:TNC) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
Middleby received 46 more outperform votes than Tennant when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.02% of users gave Tennant an outperform vote while only 59.17% of users gave Middleby an outperform vote.
Middleby currently has a consensus price target of $159.38, indicating a potential upside of 13.14%. Tennant has a consensus price target of $106.00, indicating a potential downside of 8.70%. Given Middleby's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Middleby is more favorable than Tennant.
Middleby has a net margin of 9.93% compared to Tennant's net margin of 8.81%. Tennant's return on equity of 23.07% beat Middleby's return on equity.
Middleby has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tennant has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Middleby had 9 more articles in the media than Tennant. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Middleby and 8 mentions for Tennant. Middleby's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Tennant's score of 0.22 indicating that Middleby is being referred to more favorably in the media.
98.6% of Middleby shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of Tennant shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Middleby shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Tennant shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Middleby has higher revenue and earnings than Tennant. Middleby is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tennant, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Middleby beats Tennant on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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