Sun Hydraulics (SNHY) Competitors

Enpro (NYSE:NPO) and Sun Hydraulics (NASDAQ:SNHY) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.

Is NPO or SNHY more profitable?

Sun Hydraulics has a net margin of 9.19% compared to Enpro's net margin of 6.95%. Sun Hydraulics' return on equity of 12.57% beat Enpro's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Enpro	6.95%	10.25%	5.83%
Sun Hydraulics	9.19%	12.57%	6.46%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in NPO or SNHY?

98.3% of Enpro shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.6% of Sun Hydraulics shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Enpro shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Sun Hydraulics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor NPO or SNHY?

In the previous week, Enpro had 24 more articles in the media than Sun Hydraulics. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Enpro and 0 mentions for Sun Hydraulics. Enpro's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Sun Hydraulics' score of 0.00 indicating that Enpro is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Enpro	Positive
Sun Hydraulics	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NPO or SNHY?

Enpro received 161 more outperform votes than Sun Hydraulics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.67% of users gave Enpro an outperform vote while only 56.66% of users gave Sun Hydraulics an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Enpro	Outperform Votes 361 63.67%	Underperform Votes 206 36.33%
Sun Hydraulics	Outperform Votes 200 56.66%	Underperform Votes 153 43.34%

Do analysts prefer NPO or SNHY?

Enpro currently has a consensus price target of $202.50, suggesting a potential upside of 18.95%. Given Enpro's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Enpro is more favorable than Sun Hydraulics.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Enpro	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
Sun Hydraulics	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is NPO or SNHY a better dividend stock?

Enpro pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Sun Hydraulics pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Enpro pays out 35.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sun Hydraulics pays out 15.7% 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. Enpro has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Sun Hydraulics is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, NPO or SNHY?

Sun Hydraulics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Enpro. Sun Hydraulics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enpro, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Enpro	$1.05B	3.42	$22.20M	$3.46	49.20
Sun Hydraulics	$508.05M	1.71	$46.73M	$2.30	11.80

Which has more volatility and risk, NPO or SNHY?

Enpro has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sun Hydraulics has a beta of 1.87, meaning that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Enpro beats Sun Hydraulics on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.