EPAC vs. ESAB, JBTM, MOG.B, GTES, ZWS, CHX, WFRD, WHD, HAYW, and ATS
Should you be buying Enerpac Tool Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enerpac Tool Group include ESAB (ESAB), JBT Marel (JBTM), Moog (MOG.B), Gates Industrial (GTES), Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor (ZWS), ChampionX (CHX), Weatherford International (WFRD), Cactus (WHD), Hayward (HAYW), and ATS (ATS). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.
Enerpac Tool Group vs. Its Competitors
Enerpac Tool Group (NYSE:EPAC) and ESAB (NYSE:ESAB) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and media sentiment.
Enerpac Tool Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. ESAB pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Enerpac Tool Group pays out 2.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ESAB pays out 9.0% 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. ESAB has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. ESAB is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
97.7% of Enerpac Tool Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.1% of ESAB shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Enerpac Tool Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of ESAB shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Enerpac Tool Group has a net margin of 14.65% compared to ESAB's net margin of 9.98%. Enerpac Tool Group's return on equity of 24.04% beat ESAB's return on equity.
Enerpac Tool Group currently has a consensus target price of $53.00, suggesting a potential upside of 41.44%. ESAB has a consensus target price of $138.89, suggesting a potential upside of 5.27%. Given Enerpac Tool Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Enerpac Tool Group is more favorable than ESAB.
Enerpac Tool Group has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ESAB has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ESAB has higher revenue and earnings than Enerpac Tool Group. Enerpac Tool Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ESAB, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, ESAB had 5 more articles in the media than Enerpac Tool Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for ESAB and 4 mentions for Enerpac Tool Group. Enerpac Tool Group's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat ESAB's score of 1.44 indicating that Enerpac Tool Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
ESAB beats Enerpac Tool Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EPAC) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff