ESE vs. NSSC, XRX, BRC, KAI, REZI, ALRM, CSTM, MWA, ALG, and NPO
Should you be buying ESCO Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ESCO Technologies include Napco Security Technologies (NSSC), Xerox (XRX), Brady (BRC), Kadant (KAI), Resideo Technologies (REZI), Alarm.com (ALRM), Constellium (CSTM), Mueller Water Products (MWA), Alamo Group (ALG), and EnPro Industries (NPO). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
ESCO Technologies vs.
ESCO Technologies (NYSE:ESE) and Napco Security Technologies (NASDAQ:NSSC) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.
ESCO Technologies received 141 more outperform votes than Napco Security Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.56% of users gave Napco Security Technologies an outperform vote while only 59.00% of users gave ESCO Technologies an outperform vote.
Napco Security Technologies has a net margin of 19.71% compared to ESCO Technologies' net margin of 9.54%. Napco Security Technologies' return on equity of 26.33% beat ESCO Technologies' return on equity.
ESCO Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Napco Security Technologies. ESCO Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Napco Security Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
94.0% of ESCO Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.5% of Napco Security Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of ESCO Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.5% of Napco Security Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Napco Security Technologies had 3 more articles in the media than ESCO Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Napco Security Technologies and 3 mentions for ESCO Technologies. ESCO Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Napco Security Technologies' score of 1.02 indicating that ESCO Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ESCO Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Napco Security Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. ESCO Technologies pays out 9.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Napco Security Technologies pays out 6.7% 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.
ESCO Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $110.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.43%. Napco Security Technologies has a consensus target price of $39.40, suggesting a potential upside of 4.29%. Given ESCO Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ESCO Technologies is more favorable than Napco Security Technologies.
ESCO Technologies has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Napco Security Technologies has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Napco Security Technologies beats ESCO Technologies on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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