ESE vs. SNA, PNR, GGG, WWD, IEX, NDSN, RBC, ITT, LECO, and CR
Should you be buying ESCO Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ESCO Technologies include Snap-on (SNA), Pentair (PNR), Graco (GGG), Woodward (WWD), IDEX (IEX), Nordson (NDSN), RBC Bearings (RBC), ITT (ITT), Lincoln Electric (LECO), and Crane (CR). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
ESCO Technologies vs. Its Competitors
ESCO Technologies (NYSE:ESE) and Snap-on (NYSE:SNA) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and valuation.
In the previous week, Snap-on had 26 more articles in the media than ESCO Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Snap-on and 2 mentions for ESCO Technologies. ESCO Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Snap-on's score of 0.36 indicating that ESCO Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ESCO Technologies received 40 more outperform votes than Snap-on when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.65% of users gave Snap-on an outperform vote while only 59.05% of users gave ESCO Technologies an outperform vote.
Snap-on has higher revenue and earnings than ESCO Technologies. Snap-on is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ESCO Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ESCO Technologies has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Snap-on has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
95.7% of ESCO Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.9% of Snap-on shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of ESCO Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Snap-on shares are held 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.
Snap-on has a net margin of 21.71% compared to ESCO Technologies' net margin of 10.44%. Snap-on's return on equity of 19.20% beat ESCO Technologies' return on equity.
ESCO Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $187.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1.81%. Snap-on has a consensus price target of $350.83, suggesting a potential upside of 12.26%. Given Snap-on's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Snap-on is more favorable than ESCO Technologies.
ESCO Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Snap-on pays an annual dividend of $8.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. ESCO Technologies pays out 7.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Snap-on pays out 44.8% 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. Snap-on has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Snap-on is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Snap-on beats ESCO Technologies on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ESE) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
