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Sun Hydraulics (SNHY) Competitors

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SNHY vs. TKR, ESE, NPO, MWA, KAI, SXI, AIN, KMT, TRS, and TNC

Should you be buying Sun Hydraulics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sun Hydraulics include Timken (TKR), ESCO Technologies (ESE), Enpro (NPO), MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS (MWA), Kadant (KAI), Standex International (SXI), Albany International (AIN), Kennametal (KMT), TriMas (TRS), and Tennant (TNC). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.

Sun Hydraulics vs. Its Competitors

Sun Hydraulics (NASDAQ:SNHY) and Timken (NYSE:TKR) are both industrial machinery companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Timken had 21 more articles in the media than Sun Hydraulics. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Timken and 0 mentions for Sun Hydraulics. Timken's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Sun Hydraulics' score of 0.00 indicating that Timken is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Sun Hydraulics Neutral
Timken Positive

84.6% of Sun Hydraulics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Timken shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of Sun Hydraulics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Timken shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sun Hydraulics$508.05M3.42$46.73M$2.3023.61
Timken$4.57B1.18$352.70M$4.4017.59

Timken has a consensus target price of $79.82, indicating a potential upside of 3.16%. Given Timken's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Timken is more favorable than Sun Hydraulics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sun Hydraulics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Timken
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.36

Sun Hydraulics has a beta of 1.87, indicating that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Timken has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Sun Hydraulics has a net margin of 9.19% compared to Timken's net margin of 6.86%. Sun Hydraulics' return on equity of 12.57% beat Timken's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sun Hydraulics9.19% 12.57% 6.46%
Timken 6.86%11.78%5.52%

Sun Hydraulics pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Timken pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Sun Hydraulics pays out 15.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Timken pays out 31.8% 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. Timken has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Timken is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Timken beats Sun Hydraulics on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SNHY vs. The Competition

MetricSun HydraulicsFabricated Metal Products IndustryIndustrials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.74B$902.42M$7.73B$10.19B
Dividend Yield0.81%0.66%4.56%4.61%
P/E Ratio23.6124.04309.0422.50
Price / Sales3.422.30212.05122.35
Price / Cash12.249.3427.9029.91
Price / Book3.272.104.606.28
Net Income$46.73M$37.50M$798.53M$270.38M

Sun Hydraulics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SNHY
Sun Hydraulics
N/A$54.30
-2.8%
N/A+32.1%$1.74B$508.05M23.612,065
TKR
Timken
4.3457 of 5 stars
$76.37
+0.3%
$79.80
+4.5%
-2.6%$5.31B$4.51B17.3419,000Analyst Forecast
ESE
ESCO Technologies
2.0712 of 5 stars
$203.70
+1.4%
$187.50
-8.0%
+73.9%$5.27B$1.03B45.953,281Positive News
Short Interest ↑
NPO
Enpro
4.3519 of 5 stars
$220.57
+1.8%
$240.00
+8.8%
+44.5%$4.64B$1.05B55.143,500Positive News
MWA
MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS
4.6161 of 5 stars
$24.84
+0.8%
$28.33
+14.1%
+23.9%$3.89B$1.31B26.453,400Positive News
KAI
Kadant
3.1162 of 5 stars
$316.89
+0.3%
$340.00
+7.3%
-3.2%$3.73B$1.02B35.293,500Positive News
SXI
Standex International
4.1295 of 5 stars
$200.71
+0.9%
$223.50
+11.4%
+18.9%$2.42B$790.11M43.264,100
AIN
Albany International
4.6502 of 5 stars
$60.23
-0.2%
$71.40
+18.5%
-32.0%$1.78B$1.23B30.105,400
KMT
Kennametal
3.677 of 5 stars
$20.98
-0.3%
$24.00
+14.4%
-17.3%$1.59B$1.97B17.488,124
TRS
TriMas
4.6238 of 5 stars
$38.32
+0.1%
$45.00
+17.4%
+54.9%$1.56B$925.01M42.153,900
TNC
Tennant
4.8547 of 5 stars
$80.48
-0.9%
$125.00
+55.3%
-12.4%$1.49B$1.29B25.074,632News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:SNHY) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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