ATKR vs. ENS, AIT, SLGN, MSM, GTLS, CWST, PLUG, MLI, FLS, and MSA
Should you be buying Atkore stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Atkore include EnerSys (ENS), Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), Silgan (SLGN), MSC Industrial Direct (MSM), Chart Industries (GTLS), Casella Waste Systems (CWST), Plug Power (PLUG), Mueller Industries (MLI), Flowserve (FLS), and MSA Safety (MSA). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Atkore vs.
Atkore (NYSE:ATKR) and EnerSys (NYSE:ENS) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.
Atkore has higher revenue and earnings than EnerSys. Atkore is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EnerSys, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Atkore presently has a consensus price target of $161.40, indicating a potential upside of 16.90%. EnerSys has a consensus price target of $97.50, indicating a potential downside of 6.33%. Given Atkore's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Atkore is more favorable than EnerSys.
Atkore has a net margin of 21.54% compared to EnerSys' net margin of 4.74%. Atkore's return on equity of 66.55% beat EnerSys' return on equity.
EnerSys received 36 more outperform votes than Atkore when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.29% of users gave EnerSys an outperform vote while only 67.79% of users gave Atkore an outperform vote.
Atkore has a beta of 2.17, meaning that its stock price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EnerSys has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
95.7% of EnerSys shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Atkore shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of EnerSys 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.
In the previous week, Atkore had 3 more articles in the media than EnerSys. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Atkore and 4 mentions for EnerSys. EnerSys' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Atkore's score of 0.72 indicating that EnerSys is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Atkore beats EnerSys on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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