EPAC vs. ZWS, ESAB, JBTM, MOG.B, GTES, WFRD, HAYW, SEI, HSAI, and WHD
Should you be buying Enerpac Tool Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enerpac Tool Group include Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor (ZWS), ESAB (ESAB), JBT Marel (JBTM), Moog (MOG.B), Gates Industrial (GTES), Weatherford International (WFRD), Hayward (HAYW), Solaris Energy Infrastructure (SEI), Hesai Group (HSAI), and Cactus (WHD). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.
Enerpac Tool Group vs. Its Competitors
Enerpac Tool Group (NYSE:EPAC) and Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor (NYSE:ZWS) are both mid-cap machinery companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor has higher revenue and earnings than Enerpac Tool Group. Enerpac Tool Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Enerpac Tool Group presently has a consensus price target of $50.50, indicating a potential upside of 19.50%. Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor has a consensus price target of $40.50, indicating a potential downside of 11.78%. Given Enerpac Tool Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Enerpac Tool Group is more favorable than Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor.
97.7% of Enerpac Tool Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.3% of Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Enerpac Tool Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Enerpac Tool Group has a net margin of 14.65% compared to Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor's net margin of 10.78%. Enerpac Tool Group's return on equity of 24.04% beat Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor's return on equity.
Enerpac Tool Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Enerpac Tool Group pays out 2.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor pays out 35.6% 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. Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Enerpac Tool Group had 5 more articles in the media than Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Enerpac Tool Group and 4 mentions for Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor. Enerpac Tool Group's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor's score of 0.35 indicating that Enerpac Tool Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Enerpac Tool Group has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Enerpac Tool Group beats Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:EPAC) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
