Enpro (NPO) Competitors

Enpro (NYSE:NPO) and ITT (NYSE:ITT) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Is NPO or ITT more profitable?

ITT has a net margin of 14.27% compared to Enpro's net margin of 6.95%. ITT's return on equity of 18.03% beat Enpro's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Enpro	6.95%	10.25%	5.83%
ITT	14.27%	18.03%	10.44%

Do analysts recommend NPO or ITT?

Enpro currently has a consensus target price of $202.50, indicating a potential upside of 32.40%. ITT has a consensus target price of $158.57, indicating a potential upside of 14.94%. Given Enpro's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Enpro is more favorable than ITT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Enpro	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
ITT	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88

Do insiders & institutionals believe in NPO or ITT?

98.3% of Enpro shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of ITT shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Enpro shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of ITT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, NPO or ITT?

Enpro has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ITT has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, NPO or ITT?

ITT has higher revenue and earnings than Enpro. ITT 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
Enpro	$1.05B	3.07	$22.20M	$3.46	44.20
ITT	$3.63B	3.08	$518.30M	$6.30	21.90

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NPO or ITT?

ITT received 101 more outperform votes than Enpro when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.67% of users gave Enpro an outperform vote while only 57.75% of users gave ITT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Enpro	Outperform Votes 361 63.67%	Underperform Votes 206 36.33%
ITT	Outperform Votes 462 57.75%	Underperform Votes 338 42.25%

Does the media prefer NPO or ITT?

In the previous week, ITT had 13 more articles in the media than Enpro. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for ITT and 8 mentions for Enpro. Enpro's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat ITT's score of 0.98 indicating that Enpro is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Enpro	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ITT	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is NPO or ITT a better dividend stock?

Enpro pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. ITT pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Enpro pays out 35.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ITT pays out 22.2% 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. ITT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

ITT beats Enpro on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.