EAF vs. HOLI, ALTG, CIX, MTW, DMRC, ACCO, BOOM, NWPX, IPX, and EBF
Should you be buying GrafTech International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GrafTech International include Hollysys Automation Technologies (HOLI), Alta Equipment Group (ALTG), CompX International (CIX), Manitowoc (MTW), Digimarc (DMRC), ACCO Brands (ACCO), DMC Global (BOOM), Northwest Pipe (NWPX), IperionX (IPX), and Ennis (EBF). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Hollysys Automation Technologies (NASDAQ:HOLI) and GrafTech International (NYSE:EAF) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.
Hollysys Automation Technologies received 79 more outperform votes than GrafTech International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.47% of users gave Hollysys Automation Technologies an outperform vote while only 58.39% of users gave GrafTech International an outperform vote.
Hollysys Automation Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than GrafTech International. GrafTech International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hollysys Automation Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hollysys Automation Technologies has a net margin of 10.56% compared to Hollysys Automation Technologies' net margin of -41.14%. GrafTech International's return on equity of 7.09% beat Hollysys Automation Technologies' return on equity.
Hollysys Automation Technologies has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GrafTech International has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, GrafTech International had 5 more articles in the media than Hollysys Automation Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for GrafTech International and 2 mentions for Hollysys Automation Technologies. Hollysys Automation Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat GrafTech International's score of 0.39 indicating that GrafTech International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
GrafTech International has a consensus target price of $1.88, suggesting a potential upside of 19.05%. Given Hollysys Automation Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe GrafTech International is more favorable than Hollysys Automation Technologies.
78.7% of Hollysys Automation Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.8% of GrafTech International shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.7% of Hollysys Automation Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of GrafTech International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Hollysys Automation Technologies beats GrafTech International on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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