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Standex International (SXI) Competitors

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$168.60 +2.39 (+1.44%)
Closing price 07/3/2025 03:30 PM Eastern
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SXI vs. FELE, IOSP, AIN, DCI, DOV, ITT, MLI, NPO, PH, and TNC

Should you be buying Standex International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Standex International include Franklin Electric (FELE), Innospec (IOSP), Albany International (AIN), Donaldson (DCI), Dover (DOV), ITT (ITT), Mueller Industries (MLI), Enpro (NPO), Parker-Hannifin (PH), and Tennant (TNC).

Standex International vs. Its Competitors

Standex International (NYSE:SXI) and Franklin Electric (NASDAQ:FELE) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Standex International presently has a consensus price target of $223.33, indicating a potential upside of 32.46%. Franklin Electric has a consensus price target of $94.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.16%. Given Standex International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Standex International is more favorable than Franklin Electric.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Standex International
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.20
Franklin Electric
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Standex International has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Electric has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Standex International pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Franklin Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Standex International pays out 25.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franklin Electric pays out 27.7% 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 has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Franklin Electric has increased 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 8.85% compared to Standex International's net margin of 8.09%. Franklin Electric's return on equity of 14.08% beat Standex International's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Standex International8.09% 13.39% 6.91%
Franklin Electric 8.85%14.08%9.72%

In the previous week, Standex International and Standex International both had 3 articles in the media. Franklin Electric's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Standex International's score of 1.00 indicating that Franklin Electric is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

90.4% of Standex International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Franklin Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Standex International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Franklin Electric shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Standex International$720.64M2.82$73.07M$5.0633.32
Franklin Electric$2.02B2.10$180.31M$3.8224.32

Summary

Franklin Electric beats Standex International on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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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SXI vs. The Competition

MetricStandex InternationalMACH IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.04B$13.04B$7.54B$20.65B
Dividend Yield0.76%23.74%4.53%3.72%
P/E Ratio33.3230.0725.0128.08
Price / Sales2.825.44118.7538.45
Price / Cash17.7416.6926.6518.22
Price / Book3.193.874.364.61
Net Income$73.07M$521.16M$791.63M$983.39M
7 Day Performance7.84%3.50%2.00%2.57%
1 Month Performance9.84%8.19%5.03%5.08%
1 Year Performance8.77%37.09%32.01%15.10%

Standex International Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SXI
Standex International
4.3006 of 5 stars
$168.60
+1.4%
$223.33
+32.5%
+8.8%$2.04B$720.64M33.323,700News Coverage
Positive News
FELE
Franklin Electric
4.357 of 5 stars
$89.74
-0.6%
$94.00
+4.7%
-2.1%$4.09B$2.02B23.496,300Positive News
IOSP
Innospec
4.1626 of 5 stars
$84.09
-0.2%
N/A-26.6%$2.10B$1.85B77.862,450Positive News
AIN
Albany International
2.5683 of 5 stars
$70.20
+1.0%
$79.00
+12.5%
-12.4%$2.12B$1.23B28.315,400High Trading Volume
DCI
Donaldson
4.0366 of 5 stars
$69.39
-0.3%
$70.00
+0.9%
+1.7%$8.09B$3.65B23.2914,000Analyst Downgrade
DOV
Dover
4.915 of 5 stars
$183.34
+0.0%
$208.58
+13.8%
+6.0%$25.14B$7.75B11.0425,000Trending News
ITT
ITT
4.1467 of 5 stars
$156.93
-0.6%
$165.50
+5.5%
+27.1%$12.35B$3.63B24.9511,700Analyst Revision
MLI
Mueller Industries
4.3609 of 5 stars
$79.46
-0.2%
$105.00
+32.1%
+48.0%$8.79B$3.77B14.475,168Positive News
NPO
Enpro
3.4635 of 5 stars
$191.63
+0.2%
$202.50
+5.7%
+41.8%$4.03B$1.05B47.673,500
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.3883 of 5 stars
$698.99
-0.2%
$719.71
+3.0%
+42.3%$89.32B$19.79B26.9255,100Positive News
TNC
Tennant
4.9606 of 5 stars
$77.75
+0.1%
$125.00
+60.8%
-15.9%$1.45B$1.29B21.724,632

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