TNC vs. TKR, ESE, NPO, MWA, KAI, AIN, SXI, KMT, TRS, and GRC
Should you be buying Tennant stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tennant include Timken (TKR), ESCO Technologies (ESE), Enpro (NPO), Mueller Water Products (MWA), Kadant (KAI), Albany International (AIN), Standex International (SXI), Kennametal (KMT), TriMas (TRS), and Gorman-Rupp (GRC). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Tennant vs. Its Competitors
Timken (NYSE:TKR) and Tennant (NYSE:TNC) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.
89.1% of Timken shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of Tennant shares are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of Timken 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 will outperform the market over the long term.
Timken has higher revenue and earnings than Tennant. Timken is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tennant, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Timken received 80 more outperform votes than Tennant when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.80% of users gave Tennant an outperform vote while only 62.75% of users gave Timken an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Timken and Timken both had 5 articles in the media. Timken's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Tennant's score of 0.59 indicating that Timken is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Timken pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Tennant pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Timken pays out 30.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tennant pays out 33.0% 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. Timken has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years and Tennant has raised its dividend for 53 consecutive years. Timken is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Timken has a net margin of 7.71% compared to Tennant's net margin of 6.51%. Tennant's return on equity of 19.98% beat Timken's return on equity.
Timken presently has a consensus price target of $78.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.00%. Tennant has a consensus price target of $125.00, indicating a potential upside of 64.47%. Given Tennant's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Tennant is more favorable than Timken.
Timken has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tennant has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Timken beats Tennant 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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This page (NYSE:TNC) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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