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Sun Hydraulics (SNHY) Competitors

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

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

Sun Hydraulics vs. Its Competitors

ESCO Technologies (NYSE:ESE) and Sun Hydraulics (NASDAQ:SNHY) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and media sentiment.

In the previous week, ESCO Technologies had 4 more articles in the media than Sun Hydraulics. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for ESCO Technologies and 0 mentions for Sun Hydraulics. ESCO Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Sun Hydraulics' score of 0.00 indicating that ESCO Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
ESCO Technologies Positive
Sun Hydraulics Neutral

ESCO Technologies has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sun Hydraulics has a beta of 1.87, indicating that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500.

ESCO Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $187.50, indicating a potential downside of 9.28%. Given ESCO Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ESCO Technologies is more favorable than Sun Hydraulics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ESCO Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Sun Hydraulics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

ESCO Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Sun Hydraulics pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. ESCO Technologies pays out 7.2% 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.

ESCO Technologies has a net margin of 10.37% compared to Sun Hydraulics' net margin of 9.19%. Sun Hydraulics' return on equity of 12.57% beat ESCO Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ESCO Technologies10.37% 11.19% 7.12%
Sun Hydraulics 9.19%12.57%6.46%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ESCO Technologies$1.03B5.20$101.88M$4.4446.55
Sun Hydraulics$508.05M3.07$46.73M$2.3021.17

95.7% of ESCO Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.6% of Sun Hydraulics shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of ESCO Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Sun Hydraulics 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.

Summary

ESCO Technologies beats Sun Hydraulics on 14 of the 18 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$1.56B$781.78M$7.85B$10.63B
Dividend Yield0.81%0.71%4.58%4.71%
P/E Ratio21.1720.83299.8326.57
Price / Sales3.072.001,343.46132.68
Price / Cash12.249.3428.3162.09
Price / Book2.931.824.866.53
Net Income$46.73M$37.50M$791.48M$275.96M

Sun Hydraulics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SNHY
Sun Hydraulics
N/A$48.68
-3.4%
N/A+6.0%$1.56B$508.05M21.172,065
ESE
ESCO Technologies
2.5428 of 5 stars
$213.80
+1.3%
$187.50
-12.3%
+68.7%$5.52B$1.03B48.153,281Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TKR
Timken
4.5563 of 5 stars
$75.12
-0.1%
$80.73
+7.5%
-10.0%$5.23B$4.51B17.0719,000Analyst Forecast
NPO
Enpro
4.27 of 5 stars
$229.64
+1.6%
$240.00
+4.5%
+35.5%$4.83B$1.05B57.413,500Analyst Forecast
MWA
Mueller Water Products
4.6384 of 5 stars
$25.55
+0.1%
$28.33
+10.9%
+13.7%$3.99B$1.31B27.183,400News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
KAI
Kadant
3.8233 of 5 stars
$294.78
-0.9%
$340.00
+15.3%
-11.1%$3.47B$1.02B32.833,500News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
SXI
Standex International
3.795 of 5 stars
$211.58
-0.1%
$223.50
+5.6%
+21.6%$2.56B$790.11M45.604,100Analyst Forecast
KMT
Kennametal
3.2458 of 5 stars
$21.11
+0.8%
$24.00
+13.7%
-15.5%$1.60B$1.97B17.598,124Analyst Forecast
AIN
Albany International
4.3791 of 5 stars
$53.48
+0.3%
$71.40
+33.5%
-22.8%$1.58B$1.23B26.745,400Analyst Forecast
TRS
TriMas
4.8564 of 5 stars
$37.82
-2.1%
$45.00
+19.0%
+44.9%$1.54B$925.01M41.563,900News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
TNC
Tennant
4.8252 of 5 stars
$81.31
+0.3%
$125.00
+53.7%
-13.5%$1.50B$1.29B25.334,632

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This page (NASDAQ:SNHY) was last updated on 10/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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