EPAC vs. NVT, ESAB, SPXC, MOG.B, ZWS, CHX, JBTM, WFRD, WHD, and HAYW
Should you be buying Enerpac Tool Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enerpac Tool Group include nVent Electric (NVT), ESAB (ESAB), SPX Technologies (SPXC), Moog (MOG.B), Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS), ChampionX (CHX), JBT Marel (JBTM), Weatherford International (WFRD), Cactus (WHD), and Hayward (HAYW). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.
Enerpac Tool Group vs.
Enerpac Tool Group (NYSE:EPAC) and nVent Electric (NYSE:NVT) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
nVent Electric has higher revenue and earnings than Enerpac Tool Group. Enerpac Tool Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than nVent Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
97.7% of Enerpac Tool Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.1% of nVent Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Enerpac Tool Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of nVent Electric shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
nVent Electric received 192 more outperform votes than Enerpac Tool Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.00% of users gave nVent Electric an outperform vote while only 28.57% of users gave Enerpac Tool Group an outperform vote.
Enerpac Tool Group has a net margin of 15.14% compared to nVent Electric's net margin of 10.09%. Enerpac Tool Group's return on equity of 25.39% beat nVent Electric's return on equity.
In the previous week, nVent Electric had 10 more articles in the media than Enerpac Tool Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for nVent Electric and 5 mentions for Enerpac Tool Group. Enerpac Tool Group's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat nVent Electric's score of 1.45 indicating that Enerpac Tool Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Enerpac Tool Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. nVent Electric pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Enerpac Tool Group pays out 2.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. nVent Electric pays out 40.8% 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.
Enerpac Tool Group has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, nVent Electric has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Enerpac Tool Group currently has a consensus target price of $53.00, suggesting a potential upside of 31.19%. nVent Electric has a consensus target price of $69.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.82%. Given Enerpac Tool Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Enerpac Tool Group is more favorable than nVent Electric.
Summary
nVent Electric beats Enerpac Tool Group on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EPAC) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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