Graham (GHM) Competitors

Tennant (NYSE:TNC) and Graham (NYSE:GHM) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in TNC or GHM?

93.3% of Tennant shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.5% of Graham shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Tennant shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Graham shares are held by 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.

Do analysts rate TNC or GHM?

Tennant currently has a consensus target price of $125.00, indicating a potential upside of 65.14%. Graham has a consensus target price of $35.00, indicating a potential downside of 7.66%. Given Tennant's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Tennant is more favorable than Graham.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tennant	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Graham	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk and volatility, TNC or GHM?

Tennant has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Graham has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor TNC or GHM?

In the previous week, Tennant had 4 more articles in the media than Graham. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Tennant and 4 mentions for Graham. Tennant's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Graham's score of 0.62 indicating that Tennant is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tennant	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Graham	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TNC or GHM?

Tennant received 70 more outperform votes than Graham when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.79% of users gave Graham an outperform vote while only 62.80% of users gave Tennant an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tennant	Outperform Votes 336 62.80%	Underperform Votes 199 37.20%
Graham	Outperform Votes 266 63.79%	Underperform Votes 151 36.21%

Is TNC or GHM a better dividend stock?

Tennant pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Graham pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Tennant pays out 33.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Graham pays out 53.0% 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. Tennant has increased its dividend for 53 consecutive years. Tennant is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, TNC or GHM?

Tennant has higher revenue and earnings than Graham. Tennant is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Graham, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tennant	$1.27B	1.12	$109.50M	$3.58	21.14
Graham	$199.62M	2.07	$4.56M	$0.83	45.67

Is TNC or GHM more profitable?

Tennant has a net margin of 6.51% compared to Graham's net margin of 4.60%. Tennant's return on equity of 19.98% beat Graham's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tennant	6.51%	19.98%	10.62%
Graham	4.60%	9.35%	4.16%

Summary

Tennant beats Graham on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.