TriMas (TRS) Competitors

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

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

98.3% of Enpro shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of TriMas shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Enpro shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.2% of TriMas shares are held by company 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 NPO or TRS more profitable?

Enpro has a net margin of 7.98% compared to TriMas' net margin of 3.36%. Enpro's return on equity of 10.67% beat TriMas' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Enpro	7.98%	10.67%	6.13%
TriMas	3.36%	10.54%	5.24%

Which has more volatility and risk, NPO or TRS?

Enpro has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TriMas has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer NPO or TRS?

Enpro presently has a consensus price target of $202.50, suggesting a potential downside of 0.39%. TriMas has a consensus price target of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 33.49%. Given TriMas' higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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

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 0.5%. 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.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, NPO or TRS?

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
Enpro	$1.05B	4.08	$72.90M	$4.02	50.57
TriMas	$925.01M	1.32	$24.25M	$0.77	38.92

Does the media prefer NPO or TRS?

In the previous week, TriMas had 7 more articles in the media than Enpro. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for TriMas and 3 mentions for Enpro. Enpro's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat TriMas' score of 0.02 indicating that Enpro is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

Enpro beats TriMas on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.