FLOW vs. KAMN, DAC, MATW, RGR, HURN, PBI, VLRS, SXI, TNC, and TGH
Should you be buying SPX FLOW stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SPX FLOW include Kaman (KAMN), Danaos (DAC), Matthews International (MATW), Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (RGR), Huron Consulting Group (HURN), Pitney Bowes (PBI), Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación (VLRS), Standex International (SXI), Tennant (TNC), and Textainer Group (TGH). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
SPX FLOW (NYSE:FLOW) and Kaman (NYSE:KAMN) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability and media sentiment.
SPX FLOW has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kaman has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
96.4% of SPX FLOW shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of Kaman shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of SPX FLOW shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Kaman shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Kaman received 1 more outperform votes than SPX FLOW when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.55% of users gave Kaman an outperform vote while only 47.99% of users gave SPX FLOW an outperform vote.
In the previous week, SPX FLOW had 9 more articles in the media than Kaman. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for SPX FLOW and 7 mentions for Kaman. SPX FLOW's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Kaman's score of 0.53 indicating that SPX FLOW is being referred to more favorably in the media.
SPX FLOW has a net margin of 4.36% compared to Kaman's net margin of 1.12%. SPX FLOW's return on equity of 11.34% beat Kaman's return on equity.
SPX FLOW has higher revenue and earnings than Kaman. SPX FLOW is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kaman, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
SPX FLOW beats Kaman on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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