Sun Hydraulics (SNHY) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SNHY or KAI?

Kadant received 118 more outperform votes than Sun Hydraulics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.14% of users gave Kadant an outperform vote while only 56.66% of users gave Sun Hydraulics an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sun Hydraulics	Outperform Votes 200 56.66%	Underperform Votes 153 43.34%
Kadant	Outperform Votes 318 58.14%	Underperform Votes 229 41.86%

Is SNHY or KAI a better dividend stock?

Sun Hydraulics pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Kadant pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Sun Hydraulics pays out 15.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kadant pays out 14.4% 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. Kadant has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years.

Which has more risk & volatility, SNHY or KAI?

Sun Hydraulics has a beta of 1.87, meaning that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kadant has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

84.6% of Sun Hydraulics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Kadant shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of Sun Hydraulics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Kadant shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SNHY or KAI more profitable?

Kadant has a net margin of 10.59% compared to Sun Hydraulics' net margin of 9.19%. Kadant's return on equity of 14.66% beat Sun Hydraulics' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sun Hydraulics	9.19%	12.57%	6.46%
Kadant	10.59%	14.66%	8.33%

Which has better valuation and earnings, SNHY or KAI?

Kadant has higher revenue and earnings than Sun Hydraulics. Sun Hydraulics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kadant, 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
Sun Hydraulics	$508.05M	1.96	$46.73M	$2.30	13.53
Kadant	$1.04B	3.57	$111.60M	$9.42	33.61

Do analysts rate SNHY or KAI?

Kadant has a consensus target price of $327.50, indicating a potential upside of 3.43%. Given Kadant's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kadant 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
Kadant	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media favor SNHY or KAI?

In the previous week, Kadant had 9 more articles in the media than Sun Hydraulics. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Kadant and 0 mentions for Sun Hydraulics. Kadant's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Sun Hydraulics' score of 0.00 indicating that Kadant is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Sun Hydraulics	Neutral
Kadant	Positive

Summary

Kadant beats Sun Hydraulics on 18 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.