EPAC vs. ESAB, SPXC, ZWS, JBTM, MOG.B, CHX, WHD, WFRD, 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), SPX Technologies (SPXC), Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS), JBT Marel (JBTM), Moog (MOG.B), ChampionX (CHX), Cactus (WHD), Weatherford International (WFRD), 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 better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, risk and profitability.
Enerpac Tool Group presently has a consensus target price of $53.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.37%. ESAB has a consensus target price of $137.22, suggesting a potential upside of 9.47%. 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.
ESAB received 17 more outperform votes than Enerpac Tool Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 43.64% of users gave ESAB an outperform vote while only 30.43% of users gave Enerpac Tool Group an outperform vote.
Enerpac Tool Group has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ESAB has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, ESAB had 3 more articles in the media than Enerpac Tool Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for ESAB and 1 mentions for Enerpac Tool Group. Enerpac Tool Group's average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat ESAB's score of 1.08 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%. ESAB pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Enerpac Tool Group pays out 2.4% 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 raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. ESAB is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
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.
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, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Enerpac Tool Group has a net margin of 15.14% compared to ESAB's net margin of 9.66%. Enerpac Tool Group's return on equity of 25.39% beat ESAB's return on equity.
Summary
ESAB beats Enerpac Tool Group on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EPAC) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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