SNHY vs. NPO, MWA, KAI, AIN, SXI, KMT, TNC, TRS, GRC, and PRLB
Should you be buying Sun Hydraulics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sun Hydraulics include Enpro (NPO), Mueller Water Products (MWA), Kadant (KAI), Albany International (AIN), Standex International (SXI), Kennametal (KMT), Tennant (TNC), TriMas (TRS), Gorman-Rupp (GRC), and Proto Labs (PRLB). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Sun Hydraulics vs. Its Competitors
Sun Hydraulics (NASDAQ:SNHY) and Enpro (NYSE:NPO) are both industrial machinery companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Sun Hydraulics has a beta of 1.87, indicating that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enpro has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Enpro has a consensus target price of $202.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.24%. Given Enpro's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Enpro is more favorable than Sun Hydraulics.
Sun Hydraulics pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Enpro pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Sun Hydraulics pays out 15.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enpro pays out 30.8% 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 increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Sun Hydraulics is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Enpro had 3 more articles in the media than Sun Hydraulics. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Enpro and 0 mentions for Sun Hydraulics. Enpro's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Sun Hydraulics' score of 0.00 indicating that Enpro is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Enpro has higher revenue and earnings than Sun Hydraulics. 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.
84.6% of Sun Hydraulics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.3% of Enpro shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of Sun Hydraulics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Enpro shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Sun Hydraulics has a net margin of 9.19% compared to Enpro's net margin of 7.98%. Sun Hydraulics' return on equity of 12.57% beat Enpro's return on equity.
Summary
Enpro beats Sun Hydraulics on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SNHY) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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