TRS vs. MEC, GEF, KAI, NPO, JBT, MWA, ESE, AIN, B, and SXI
Should you be buying TriMas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TriMas include Mayville Engineering (MEC), Greif (GEF), Kadant (KAI), Enpro (NPO), John Bean Technologies (JBT), Mueller Water Products (MWA), ESCO Technologies (ESE), Albany International (AIN), Barnes Group (B), and Standex International (SXI).
TriMas (NASDAQ:TRS) and Mayville Engineering (NYSE:MEC) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
TriMas has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mayville Engineering has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, TriMas had 4 more articles in the media than Mayville Engineering. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for TriMas and 2 mentions for Mayville Engineering. TriMas' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Mayville Engineering's score of 0.25 indicating that TriMas is being referred to more favorably in the media.
TriMas received 125 more outperform votes than Mayville Engineering when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.49% of users gave Mayville Engineering an outperform vote while only 54.50% of users gave TriMas an outperform vote.
99.4% of TriMas shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.4% of Mayville Engineering shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of TriMas shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Mayville Engineering 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.
TriMas currently has a consensus target price of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 45.72%. Mayville Engineering has a consensus target price of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.26%. Given TriMas' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe TriMas is more favorable than Mayville Engineering.
TriMas has a net margin of 4.48% compared to Mayville Engineering's net margin of 1.40%. TriMas' return on equity of 9.68% beat Mayville Engineering's return on equity.
TriMas has higher revenue and earnings than Mayville Engineering. TriMas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mayville Engineering, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
TriMas beats Mayville Engineering on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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