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NPO vs. FELE, IOSP, LECO, AIT, DCI, DOV, ITT, PH, TEX, and TKR

Should you be buying Enpro stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enpro include Franklin Electric (FELE), Innospec (IOSP), Lincoln Electric (LECO), Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), Donaldson (DCI), Dover (DOV), ITT (ITT), Parker-Hannifin (PH), Terex (TEX), and Timken (TKR).

Enpro vs. Its Competitors

Enpro (NYSE:NPO) and Franklin Electric (NASDAQ:FELE) are related mid-cap companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.

98.3% of Enpro shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Franklin Electric shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Enpro shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Franklin Electric 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.

Enpro has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Electric has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Enpro had 7 more articles in the media than Franklin Electric. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Enpro and 3 mentions for Franklin Electric. Franklin Electric's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Enpro's score of -0.01 indicating that Franklin Electric is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Enpro
1 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Franklin Electric
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Enpro currently has a consensus target price of $240.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.08%. Franklin Electric has a consensus target price of $107.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.06%. Given Franklin Electric's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Franklin Electric is more favorable than Enpro.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Enpro
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Franklin Electric
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Enpro$1.05B4.42$72.90M$4.0055.00
Franklin Electric$2.02B2.05$180.31M$3.8724.03

Enpro pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Franklin Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Enpro pays out 31.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franklin Electric pays out 27.4% 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. Enpro has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Franklin Electric has raised its dividend for 33 consecutive years. Franklin Electric is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Franklin Electric has a net margin of 8.71% compared to Enpro's net margin of 7.83%. Franklin Electric's return on equity of 14.05% beat Enpro's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Enpro7.83% 10.49% 6.19%
Franklin Electric 8.71%14.05%9.47%

Summary

Franklin Electric beats Enpro on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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NPO vs. The Competition

MetricEnproTechnology Services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.64B$3.05B$31.30B$21.70B
Dividend Yield0.58%1.69%2.92%3.65%
P/E Ratio55.0724.6826.2829.65
Price / Sales4.4251.901,165.3496.83
Price / Cash18.2749.2328.3117.82
Price / Book3.237.938.114.61
Net Income$72.90M$27.08M$197.58M$1.01B
7 Day Performance-5.92%-4.09%-2.67%-2.09%
1 Month Performance-0.89%5.90%1.94%0.24%
1 Year Performance36.09%52.49%54.91%13.00%

Enpro Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NPO
Enpro
4.2757 of 5 stars
$220.01
+2.3%
$240.00
+9.1%
+32.7%$4.64B$1.05B55.073,500News Coverage
Gap Up
FELE
Franklin Electric
4.6118 of 5 stars
$95.10
-1.3%
$107.00
+12.5%
-12.9%$4.28B$2.02B24.576,300Positive News
IOSP
Innospec
3.3656 of 5 stars
$78.81
+0.0%
N/A-35.0%$1.96B$1.85B101.042,450Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
LECO
Lincoln Electric
4.2142 of 5 stars
$236.38
0.0%
$239.33
+1.2%
+17.3%$13.05B$4.01B26.5612,000Analyst Upgrade
AIT
Applied Industrial Technologies
4.7674 of 5 stars
$259.36
+0.4%
$285.00
+9.9%
+8.7%$9.76B$4.56B25.636,800
DCI
Donaldson
4.5064 of 5 stars
$82.96
+0.4%
$80.33
-3.2%
+8.0%$9.58B$3.69B27.2015,000
DOV
Dover
4.8946 of 5 stars
$166.54
0.0%
$212.42
+27.5%
-15.2%$22.85B$7.75B10.0424,000Positive News
ITT
ITT
4.4903 of 5 stars
$181.06
-0.1%
$190.89
+5.4%
+12.4%$14.13B$3.63B28.4711,700
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.621 of 5 stars
$764.56
+0.2%
$773.67
+1.2%
+12.4%$96.58B$19.85B28.1957,950Positive News
TEX
Terex
3.7633 of 5 stars
$53.67
+2.0%
$54.67
+1.9%
-8.9%$3.45B$5.13B20.0311,400Analyst Downgrade
Gap Up
TKR
Timken
4.4793 of 5 stars
$76.85
+0.4%
$80.73
+5.0%
-15.9%$5.33B$4.57B17.4719,000

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This page (NYSE:NPO) was last updated on 10/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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