NNBR vs. GHM, OFLX, FSTR, EML, PLL, BOOM, HURC, AP, TBLT, and PH
Should you be buying NN stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NN include Graham (GHM), Omega Flex (OFLX), L.B. Foster (FSTR), Eastern (EML), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), DMC Global (BOOM), Hurco Companies (HURC), Ampco-Pittsburgh (AP), ToughBuilt Industries (TBLT), and Parker-Hannifin (PH). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
NN vs.
NN (NASDAQ:NNBR) and Graham (NYSE:GHM) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and risk.
Graham has a consensus price target of $35.00, indicating a potential downside of 4.80%. Given Graham's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Graham is more favorable than NN.
Graham has lower revenue, but higher earnings than NN. NN is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Graham, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Graham had 4 more articles in the media than NN. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Graham and 2 mentions for NN. NN's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Graham's score of 0.62 indicating that NN is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NN received 59 more outperform votes than Graham when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.79% of users gave Graham an outperform vote while only 51.59% of users gave NN an outperform vote.
53.9% of NN shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.5% of Graham shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.9% of NN shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Graham shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
NN pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.5%. Graham pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. NN pays out -28.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Graham pays out 53.0% 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. NN is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
NN has a beta of 2.15, suggesting that its stock price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Graham has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Graham has a net margin of 4.60% compared to NN's net margin of -8.05%. Graham's return on equity of 9.35% beat NN's return on equity.
Summary
Graham beats NN on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:NNBR) was last updated on 5/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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