Tennant (TNC) Competitors

Franklin Electric (NASDAQ:FELE) and Tennant (NYSE:TNC) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and risk.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in FELE or TNC?

80.0% of Franklin Electric shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of Tennant shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Franklin Electric shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Tennant shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer FELE or TNC?

Franklin Electric presently has a consensus price target of $107.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.17%. Tennant has a consensus price target of $125.00, suggesting a potential upside of 50.57%. Given Tennant's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Tennant is more favorable than Franklin Electric.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Franklin Electric	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Tennant	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is FELE or TNC a better dividend stock?

Franklin Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Tennant pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Franklin Electric pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tennant pays out 36.8% 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. Franklin Electric has increased its dividend for 33 consecutive years and Tennant has increased its dividend for 53 consecutive years. Tennant is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is FELE or TNC more profitable?

Franklin Electric has a net margin of 8.71% compared to Tennant's net margin of 4.84%. Tennant's return on equity of 16.41% beat Franklin Electric's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Franklin Electric	8.71%	14.05%	9.47%
Tennant	4.84%	16.41%	8.67%

Does the media favor FELE or TNC?

In the previous week, Tennant had 8 more articles in the media than Franklin Electric. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Tennant and 3 mentions for Franklin Electric. Franklin Electric's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Tennant's score of 1.58 indicating that Franklin Electric is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Franklin Electric	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Tennant	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, FELE or TNC?

Franklin Electric has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tennant has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, FELE or TNC?

Franklin Electric has higher revenue and earnings than Tennant. Franklin Electric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tennant, 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
Franklin Electric	$2.02B	2.18	$180.31M	$3.87	25.56
Tennant	$1.29B	1.19	$83.70M	$3.21	25.86

Summary

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