Gorman-Rupp (GRC) Competitors

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

Is GRC or NPO a better dividend stock?

Gorman-Rupp pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Enpro pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Gorman-Rupp pays out 51.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enpro pays out 46.7% 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. Gorman-Rupp has raised its dividend for 52 consecutive years. Gorman-Rupp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is GRC or NPO more profitable?

Gorman-Rupp has a net margin of 5.80% compared to Enpro's net margin of 5.20%. Gorman-Rupp's return on equity of 12.32% beat Enpro's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gorman-Rupp	5.80%	12.32%	4.96%
Enpro	5.20%	9.71%	5.50%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GRC or NPO?

Enpro received 49 more outperform votes than Gorman-Rupp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.46% of users gave Enpro an outperform vote while only 62.78% of users gave Gorman-Rupp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gorman-Rupp	Outperform Votes 307 62.78%	Underperform Votes 182 37.22%
Enpro	Outperform Votes 356 63.46%	Underperform Votes 205 36.54%

Which has better valuation & earnings, GRC or NPO?

Gorman-Rupp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Enpro. Gorman-Rupp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enpro, 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	$659.51M	1.67	$34.95M	$1.45	28.88
Enpro	$1.06B	3.85	$22.20M	$2.57	75.60

Does the media refer more to GRC or NPO?

In the previous week, Enpro had 2 more articles in the media than Gorman-Rupp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Enpro and 2 mentions for Gorman-Rupp. Enpro's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Gorman-Rupp's score of 0.84 indicating that Enpro is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Gorman-Rupp	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Enpro	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, GRC or NPO?

Gorman-Rupp has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enpro has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of GRC or NPO?

59.3% of Gorman-Rupp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.3% of Enpro shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.3% of Gorman-Rupp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Enpro shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Enpro beats Gorman-Rupp on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.