TriMas (TRS) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, TRS or NPO?

TriMas has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enpro has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend TRS or NPO?

TriMas currently has a consensus price target of $45.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.87%. Enpro has a consensus price target of $202.50, indicating a potential downside of 3.47%. Given TriMas' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe TriMas is more favorable than Enpro.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TriMas	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Enpro	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, TRS or NPO?

Enpro has higher revenue and earnings than TriMas. 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
TriMas	$925.01M	1.53	$24.25M	$0.91	38.37
Enpro	$1.06B	4.15	$72.90M	$4.02	52.19

Do institutionals & insiders believe in TRS or NPO?

99.4% of TriMas shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.3% of Enpro shares are held by institutional investors. 14.2% of TriMas shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Enpro shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is TRS or NPO a better dividend stock?

TriMas pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Enpro pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. TriMas pays out 17.6% 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 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.

Does the media favor TRS or NPO?

In the previous week, TriMas had 14 more articles in the media than Enpro. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for TriMas and 10 mentions for Enpro. Enpro's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat TriMas' score of 0.65 indicating that Enpro is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TriMas	4 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Enpro	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is TRS or NPO more profitable?

Enpro has a net margin of 7.98% compared to TriMas' net margin of 3.83%. TriMas' return on equity of 11.49% beat Enpro's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TriMas	3.83%	11.49%	5.72%
Enpro	7.98%	10.67%	6.13%

Summary

Enpro beats TriMas on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.