EPAC vs. AZZ, KMT, B, UFPT, AMBP, GIC, SXI, POWL, XRX, and PLUG
Should you be buying Enerpac Tool Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enerpac Tool Group include AZZ (AZZ), Kennametal (KMT), Barnes Group (B), UFP Technologies (UFPT), Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMBP), Global Industrial (GIC), Standex International (SXI), Powell Industries (POWL), Xerox (XRX), and Plug Power (PLUG). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Enerpac Tool Group (NYSE:EPAC) and AZZ (NYSE:AZZ) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.
97.7% of Enerpac Tool Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.9% of AZZ shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Enerpac Tool Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of AZZ shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, AZZ had 10 more articles in the media than Enerpac Tool Group. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for AZZ and 7 mentions for Enerpac Tool Group. Enerpac Tool Group's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat AZZ's score of 0.39 indicating that Enerpac Tool Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
AZZ received 286 more outperform votes than Enerpac Tool Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.01% of users gave AZZ an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave Enerpac Tool Group an outperform vote.
Enerpac Tool Group has a net margin of 11.75% compared to AZZ's net margin of 5.63%. Enerpac Tool Group's return on equity of 26.38% beat AZZ's return on equity.
Enerpac Tool Group has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AZZ has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Enerpac Tool Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AZZ. AZZ is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enerpac Tool Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Enerpac Tool Group currently has a consensus target price of $35.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.85%. AZZ has a consensus target price of $69.50, indicating a potential downside of 10.20%. Given Enerpac Tool Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Enerpac Tool Group is more favorable than AZZ.
Enerpac Tool Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. AZZ pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Enerpac Tool Group pays out 3.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AZZ pays out 24.5% 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.
Summary
Enerpac Tool Group beats AZZ on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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