POWL vs. UFPT, CENX, DNOW, NSSC, GIC, HOLI, HLIO, PLUG, KALU, and B
Should you be buying Powell Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Powell Industries include UFP Technologies (UFPT), Century Aluminum (CENX), DNOW (DNOW), Napco Security Technologies (NSSC), Global Industrial (GIC), Hollysys Automation Technologies (HOLI), Helios Technologies (HLIO), Plug Power (PLUG), Kaiser Aluminum (KALU), and Barnes Group (B).
UFP Technologies (NASDAQ:UFPT) and Powell Industries (NASDAQ:POWL) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.
In the previous week, Powell Industries had 9 more articles in the media than UFP Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Powell Industries and 5 mentions for UFP Technologies. Powell Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat UFP Technologies' score of 0.66 indicating that UFP Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Powell Industries received 7 more outperform votes than UFP Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.38% of users gave Powell Industries an outperform vote while only 59.03% of users gave UFP Technologies an outperform vote.
Powell Industries has higher revenue and earnings than UFP Technologies. Powell Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UFP Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
UFP Technologies has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Powell Industries has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
87.3% of UFP Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Powell Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 7.8% of UFP Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Powell Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
UFP Technologies has a net margin of 11.23% compared to UFP Technologies' net margin of 10.10%. Powell Industries' return on equity of 25.48% beat UFP Technologies' return on equity.
UFP Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $238.50, indicating a potential upside of 1.13%. Given Powell Industries' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe UFP Technologies is more favorable than Powell Industries.
Summary
UFP Technologies beats Powell Industries on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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