NGKIF vs. AALBF, AFGVF, AMDWF, AUUMF, DNIYY, DURYY, DYFSF, EBCOY, NWVCF, and FANUF
Should you be buying NGK Insulators stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NGK Insulators include Aalberts (AALBF), Agfa-Gevaert (AFGVF), Amada (AMDWF), Aumann (AUUMF), Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche (DNIYY), Dürr Aktiengesellschaft (DURYY), dynaCERT (DYFSF), Ebara (EBCOY), EnWave (NWVCF), and Fanuc (FANUF). These companies are all part of the "specialty industrial machinery" industry.
NGK Insulators vs.
Aalberts (OTCMKTS:AALBF) and NGK Insulators (OTCMKTS:NGKIF) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and community ranking.
Aalberts received 4 more outperform votes than NGK Insulators when rated by MarketBeat users.
Aalberts presently has a consensus target price of $52.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.15%. Given Aalberts' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Aalberts is more favorable than NGK Insulators.
In the previous week, Aalberts had 1 more articles in the media than NGK Insulators. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Aalberts and 0 mentions for NGK Insulators. Aalberts' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat NGK Insulators' score of 0.00 indicating that Aalberts is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NGK Insulators is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aalberts, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Aalberts pays an annual dividend of $0.3485 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. NGK Insulators pays an annual dividend of $19.9070 per share and has a dividend yield of 149.8%. Aalberts pays out 27.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NGK Insulators pays out 18.8% 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. NGK Insulators is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
47.0% of Aalberts shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.0% of NGK Insulators shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Aalberts beats NGK Insulators on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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