Gorman-Rupp (GRC) Competitors

Gorman-Rupp (NYSE:GRC) and Mueller Water Products (NYSE:MWA) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability.

Do analysts recommend GRC or MWA?

Mueller Water Products has a consensus target price of $26.25, suggesting a potential upside of 6.63%. Given Mueller Water Products' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Mueller Water Products is more favorable than Gorman-Rupp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gorman-Rupp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Mueller Water Products	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Which has higher valuation and earnings, GRC or MWA?

Mueller Water Products has higher revenue and earnings than Gorman-Rupp. Gorman-Rupp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mueller Water Products, 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
Gorman-Rupp	$664.35M	1.47	$40.12M	$1.69	22.04
Mueller Water Products	$1.37B	2.81	$115.90M	$0.91	27.05

Does the media favor GRC or MWA?

In the previous week, Mueller Water Products had 17 more articles in the media than Gorman-Rupp. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Mueller Water Products and 5 mentions for Gorman-Rupp. Gorman-Rupp's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Mueller Water Products' score of 1.34 indicating that Gorman-Rupp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Gorman-Rupp	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Mueller Water Products	18 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is GRC or MWA more profitable?

Mueller Water Products has a net margin of 10.05% compared to Gorman-Rupp's net margin of 6.08%. Mueller Water Products' return on equity of 21.18% beat Gorman-Rupp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gorman-Rupp	6.08%	12.79%	5.19%
Mueller Water Products	10.05%	21.18%	10.62%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GRC or MWA?

Mueller Water Products received 138 more outperform votes than Gorman-Rupp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.27% of users gave Mueller Water Products an outperform vote while only 63.01% of users gave Gorman-Rupp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gorman-Rupp	Outperform Votes 310 63.01%	Underperform Votes 182 36.99%
Mueller Water Products	Outperform Votes 448 66.27%	Underperform Votes 228 33.73%

Which has more risk and volatility, GRC or MWA?

Gorman-Rupp has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mueller Water Products has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in GRC or MWA?

59.3% of Gorman-Rupp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.7% of Mueller Water Products shares are held by institutional investors. 11.3% of Gorman-Rupp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Mueller Water Products shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is GRC or MWA a better dividend stock?

Gorman-Rupp pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Mueller Water Products pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Gorman-Rupp pays out 43.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mueller Water Products pays out 28.6% 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. Gorman-Rupp has increased its dividend for 52 consecutive years and Mueller Water Products has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Gorman-Rupp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Mueller Water Products beats Gorman-Rupp on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.