Standex International (SXI) Competitors

Flowserve (NYSE:FLS) and Standex International (NYSE:SXI) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and risk.

Is FLS or SXI more profitable?

Standex International has a net margin of 7.59% compared to Flowserve's net margin of 6.20%. Flowserve's return on equity of 17.08% beat Standex International's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Flowserve	6.20%	17.08%	6.62%
Standex International	7.59%	13.28%	7.51%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FLS or SXI?

Flowserve received 321 more outperform votes than Standex International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.38% of users gave Standex International an outperform vote while only 64.41% of users gave Flowserve an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Flowserve	Outperform Votes 608 64.41%	Underperform Votes 336 35.59%
Standex International	Outperform Votes 287 65.38%	Underperform Votes 152 34.62%

Do analysts prefer FLS or SXI?

Flowserve presently has a consensus price target of $63.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.32%. Standex International has a consensus price target of $223.33, suggesting a potential upside of 47.57%. Given Standex International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Standex International is more favorable than Flowserve.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Flowserve	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Standex International	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, FLS or SXI?

Flowserve has higher revenue and earnings than Standex International. Flowserve is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Standex International, 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
Flowserve	$4.61B	1.40	$186.74M	$2.14	23.12
Standex International	$748.25M	2.44	$73.07M	$5.06	29.91

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in FLS or SXI?

93.9% of Flowserve shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of Standex International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Flowserve shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Standex International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, FLS or SXI?

Flowserve has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Standex International has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to FLS or SXI?

In the previous week, Flowserve had 20 more articles in the media than Standex International. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Flowserve and 5 mentions for Standex International. Flowserve's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Standex International's score of 0.66 indicating that Flowserve is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Flowserve	19 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Standex International	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is FLS or SXI a better dividend stock?

Flowserve pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Standex International pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Flowserve pays out 39.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Standex International pays out 25.3% 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. Flowserve has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Standex International has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Summary

Standex International beats Flowserve on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.