TriMas (TRS) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, NPO or TRS?

Enpro has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TriMas has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NPO or TRS a better dividend stock?

Enpro pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. TriMas pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Enpro pays out 30.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TriMas pays out 20.8% 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 raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Enpro is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts prefer NPO or TRS?

Enpro currently has a consensus price target of $202.50, suggesting a potential upside of 4.95%. TriMas has a consensus price target of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 44.77%. Given TriMas' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe TriMas is more favorable than Enpro.

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
TriMas	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, NPO or TRS?

TriMas has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Enpro. TriMas 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	$1.06B	3.81	$22.20M	$4.02	48.00
TriMas	$939.58M	1.20	$40.36M	$0.77	35.88

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NPO or TRS?

Enpro received 144 more outperform votes than TriMas when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.80% of users gave Enpro an outperform vote while only 54.89% of users gave TriMas an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Enpro	Outperform Votes 363 63.80%	Underperform Votes 206 36.20%
TriMas	Outperform Votes 219 54.89%	Underperform Votes 180 45.11%

Is NPO or TRS more profitable?

Enpro has a net margin of 6.95% compared to TriMas' net margin of 2.93%. Enpro's return on equity of 10.25% beat TriMas' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Enpro	6.95%	10.25%	5.83%
TriMas	2.93%	9.21%	4.59%

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

98.3% of Enpro shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of TriMas shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Enpro shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.2% of TriMas shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer NPO or TRS?

In the previous week, TriMas had 8 more articles in the media than Enpro. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for TriMas and 7 mentions for Enpro. Enpro's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat TriMas' score of 1.14 indicating that Enpro is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Enpro	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TriMas	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Enpro beats TriMas on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.