FLOW vs. KAI, NPO, JBT, MWA, ESE, AIN, SXI, B, TNC, and KMT
Should you be buying SPX FLOW stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SPX FLOW include Kadant (KAI), Enpro (NPO), John Bean Technologies (JBT), Mueller Water Products (MWA), ESCO Technologies (ESE), Albany International (AIN), Standex International (SXI), Barnes Group (B), Tennant (TNC), and Kennametal (KMT). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
SPX FLOW (NYSE:FLOW) and Kadant (NYSE:KAI) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and risk.
Kadant received 50 more outperform votes than SPX FLOW when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.99% of users gave Kadant an outperform vote while only 46.62% of users gave SPX FLOW an outperform vote.
SPX FLOW has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kadant has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, SPX FLOW had 12 more articles in the media than Kadant. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for SPX FLOW and 2 mentions for Kadant. SPX FLOW's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Kadant's score of -0.03 indicating that SPX FLOW is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kadant has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SPX FLOW. SPX FLOW is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kadant, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kadant has a consensus price target of $360.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.38%. Given Kadant's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kadant is more favorable than SPX FLOW.
Kadant has a net margin of 11.53% compared to SPX FLOW's net margin of 4.36%. Kadant's return on equity of 15.60% beat SPX FLOW's return on equity.
96.4% of SPX FLOW shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Kadant shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of SPX FLOW shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Kadant shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Kadant beats SPX FLOW on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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