EnerSys (ENS) Competitors

EnerSys (NYSE:ENS) and Acuity Brands (NYSE:AYI) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership and earnings.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ENS or AYI?

94.9% of EnerSys shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.2% of Acuity Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of EnerSys shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Acuity Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, ENS or AYI?

Acuity Brands has higher revenue and earnings than EnerSys. EnerSys is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acuity Brands, 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
EnerSys	$3.62B	0.97	$269.10M	$9.01	9.94
Acuity Brands	$3.96B	2.15	$422.60M	$13.19	20.93

Do analysts prefer ENS or AYI?

EnerSys presently has a consensus price target of $117.50, indicating a potential upside of 31.20%. Acuity Brands has a consensus price target of $317.60, indicating a potential upside of 15.07%. Given EnerSys' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe EnerSys is more favorable than Acuity Brands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
EnerSys	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Acuity Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is ENS or AYI more profitable?

Acuity Brands has a net margin of 11.11% compared to EnerSys' net margin of 9.23%. EnerSys' return on equity of 20.78% beat Acuity Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EnerSys	9.23%	20.78%	10.05%
Acuity Brands	11.11%	19.98%	12.44%

Which has more risk & volatility, ENS or AYI?

EnerSys has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acuity Brands has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ENS or AYI a better dividend stock?

EnerSys pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Acuity Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. EnerSys pays out 10.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Acuity Brands pays out 5.2% 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. EnerSys has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Acuity Brands has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ENS or AYI?

Acuity Brands received 308 more outperform votes than EnerSys when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.21% of users gave EnerSys an outperform vote while only 67.67% of users gave Acuity Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
EnerSys	Outperform Votes 410 70.21%	Underperform Votes 174 29.79%
Acuity Brands	Outperform Votes 718 67.67%	Underperform Votes 343 32.33%

Does the media refer more to ENS or AYI?

In the previous week, EnerSys had 1 more articles in the media than Acuity Brands. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for EnerSys and 3 mentions for Acuity Brands. Acuity Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat EnerSys' score of 1.34 indicating that Acuity Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
EnerSys	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Acuity Brands	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Acuity Brands beats EnerSys on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.