SXI vs. TNC, HLIO, EPAC, ERII, NSSC, HEES, LNN, B, ALG, and KMT
Should you be buying Standex International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Standex International include Tennant (TNC), Helios Technologies (HLIO), Enerpac Tool Group (EPAC), Energy Recovery (ERII), Napco Security Technologies (NSSC), H&E Equipment Services (HEES), Lindsay (LNN), Barnes Group (B), Alamo Group (ALG), and Kennametal (KMT). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Standex International vs.
Standex International (NYSE:SXI) and Tennant (NYSE:TNC) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.
Standex International pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Tennant pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Standex International pays out 10.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tennant pays out 24.7% 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.
Standex International currently has a consensus price target of $148.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.50%. Tennant has a consensus price target of $98.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.80%. Given Tennant's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Tennant is more favorable than Standex International.
Standex International has a net margin of 17.91% compared to Tennant's net margin of 7.04%. Tennant's return on equity of 19.69% beat Standex International's return on equity.
Tennant has higher revenue and earnings than Standex International. Standex International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tennant, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Standex International has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tennant has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Standex International and Standex International both had 6 articles in the media. Standex International's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Tennant's score of 0.18 indicating that Standex International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
86.7% of Standex International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of Tennant shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Standex International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Tennant shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Tennant received 62 more outperform votes than Standex International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.33% of users gave Standex International an outperform vote while only 61.73% of users gave Tennant an outperform vote.
Summary
Tennant beats Standex International on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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