NDSN vs. AIMC, ESAB, PKG, SWK, GGG, HUBB, AOS, AVY, LECO, and AGCO
Should you be buying Nordson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nordson include Altra Industrial Motion (AIMC), ESAB (ESAB), Packaging Co. of America (PKG), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), Graco (GGG), Hubbell (HUBB), A. O. Smith (AOS), Avery Dennison (AVY), Lincoln Electric (LECO), and AGCO (AGCO). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Nordson vs.
Nordson (NASDAQ:NDSN) and Altra Industrial Motion (NASDAQ:AIMC) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation and institutional ownership.
70.4% of Nordson shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.5% of Altra Industrial Motion shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Nordson shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Altra Industrial Motion 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.
Altra Industrial Motion received 21 more outperform votes than Nordson when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.97% of users gave Nordson an outperform vote while only 61.96% of users gave Altra Industrial Motion an outperform vote.
Nordson has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Altra Industrial Motion has a beta of 2.14, indicating that its stock price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Nordson and Nordson both had 8 articles in the media. Altra Industrial Motion's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Nordson's score of 0.49 indicating that Altra Industrial Motion is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Nordson presently has a consensus target price of $250.20, suggesting a potential upside of 19.17%. Altra Industrial Motion has a consensus target price of $62.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.03%. Given Nordson's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Nordson is more favorable than Altra Industrial Motion.
Nordson pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Altra Industrial Motion pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Nordson pays out 30.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Altra Industrial Motion pays out 18.6% 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.
Nordson has a net margin of 19.18% compared to Altra Industrial Motion's net margin of 6.53%. Nordson's return on equity of 23.67% beat Altra Industrial Motion's return on equity.
Nordson has higher revenue and earnings than Altra Industrial Motion. Nordson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Altra Industrial Motion, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Nordson beats Altra Industrial Motion on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding NDSN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
