PLL vs. CMCO, OFLX, FSTR, BOOM, EML, NNBR, HURC, AP, TBLT, and PH
Should you be buying Piedmont Lithium stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Piedmont Lithium include Columbus McKinnon (CMCO), Omega Flex (OFLX), L.B. Foster (FSTR), DMC Global (BOOM), Eastern (EML), NN (NNBR), Hurco Companies (HURC), Ampco-Pittsburgh (AP), ToughBuilt Industries (TBLT), and Parker-Hannifin (PH). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Piedmont Lithium vs. Its Competitors
Piedmont Lithium (NASDAQ:PLL) and Columbus McKinnon (NASDAQ:CMCO) are both small-cap industrial machinery companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
Piedmont Lithium currently has a consensus target price of $12.75, indicating a potential upside of 94.21%. Columbus McKinnon has a consensus target price of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 113.68%. Given Columbus McKinnon's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Columbus McKinnon is more favorable than Piedmont Lithium.
Columbus McKinnon has a net margin of -0.53% compared to Piedmont Lithium's net margin of -53.33%. Columbus McKinnon's return on equity of 8.13% beat Piedmont Lithium's return on equity.
Piedmont Lithium pays an annual dividend of $1.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.6%. Columbus McKinnon pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Piedmont Lithium pays out -43.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Columbus McKinnon pays out -164.7% 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.
Piedmont Lithium has a beta of 0.27, indicating that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Columbus McKinnon has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Columbus McKinnon has higher revenue and earnings than Piedmont Lithium. Columbus McKinnon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Piedmont Lithium, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Columbus McKinnon had 3 more articles in the media than Piedmont Lithium. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Columbus McKinnon and 0 mentions for Piedmont Lithium. Columbus McKinnon's average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat Piedmont Lithium's score of 0.00 indicating that Columbus McKinnon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
52.2% of Piedmont Lithium shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Columbus McKinnon shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Piedmont Lithium shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Columbus McKinnon shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Columbus McKinnon beats Piedmont Lithium on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PLL) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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