Twin Disc (TWIN) Competitors

Graham (NYSE:GHM) and Twin Disc (NASDAQ:TWIN) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Which has more volatility and risk, GHM or TWIN?

Graham has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Twin Disc has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, GHM or TWIN?

Twin Disc has higher revenue and earnings than Graham. Twin Disc is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Graham, 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
Graham	$157.12M	1.91	$370K	$0.26	106.31
Twin Disc	$276.96M	0.77	$10.38M	$0.80	19.00

Is GHM or TWIN more profitable?

Twin Disc has a net margin of 3.75% compared to Twin Disc's net margin of 1.52%. Graham's return on equity of 7.74% beat Twin Disc's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Graham	1.52%	2.73%	1.29%
Twin Disc	3.75%	7.74%	3.88%

Do analysts recommend GHM or TWIN?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Graham	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Twin Disc	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GHM or TWIN?

Twin Disc received 12 more outperform votes than Graham when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.20% of users gave Graham an outperform vote while only 61.82% of users gave Twin Disc an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Graham	Outperform Votes 260 64.20%	Underperform Votes 145 35.80%
Twin Disc	Outperform Votes 272 61.82%	Underperform Votes 168 38.18%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in GHM or TWIN?

69.5% of Graham shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.3% of Twin Disc shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of Graham shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.2% of Twin Disc shares are held 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.

Does the media refer more to GHM or TWIN?

In the previous week, Twin Disc had 19 more articles in the media than Graham. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Twin Disc and 3 mentions for Graham. Graham's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Twin Disc's score of -1.10 indicating that Twin Disc is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Graham	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
Twin Disc	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Twin Disc beats Graham on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.