NPKI vs. HSAI, EPAC, SEI, DNOW, FLOC, CRCT, ACMR, AZTA, KRNT, and INVX
Should you be buying NPK International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NPK International include Hesai Group (HSAI), Enerpac Tool Group (EPAC), Solaris Energy Infrastructure (SEI), DNOW (DNOW), Flowco (FLOC), Cricut (CRCT), ACM Research (ACMR), Azenta (AZTA), Kornit Digital (KRNT), and Innovex International (INVX). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.
NPK International vs. Its Competitors
Hesai Group (NASDAQ:HSAI) and NPK International (NYSE:NPKI) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Hesai Group has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NPK International has a beta of 2.12, suggesting that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hesai Group received 4 more outperform votes than NPK International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave NPK International an outperform vote while only 80.00% of users gave Hesai Group an outperform vote.
NPK International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hesai Group. Hesai Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NPK International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
48.5% of Hesai Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.8% of NPK International shares are held by institutional investors. 4.9% of NPK International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Hesai Group has a net margin of -20.31% compared to NPK International's net margin of -28.47%. NPK International's return on equity of 5.93% beat Hesai Group's return on equity.
Hesai Group presently has a consensus target price of $24.43, suggesting a potential upside of 17.77%. NPK International has a consensus target price of $11.50, suggesting a potential upside of 34.50%. Given NPK International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NPK International is more favorable than Hesai Group.
In the previous week, Hesai Group had 1 more articles in the media than NPK International. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Hesai Group and 7 mentions for NPK International. Hesai Group's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat NPK International's score of 0.43 indicating that Hesai Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
NPK International beats Hesai Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:NPKI) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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