KMT vs. EPAC, B, XRX, SXI, AZZ, PLUG, HEES, DNOW, AMBP, and POWL
Should you be buying Kennametal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kennametal include Enerpac Tool Group (EPAC), Barnes Group (B), Xerox (XRX), Standex International (SXI), AZZ (AZZ), Plug Power (PLUG), H&E Equipment Services (HEES), DNOW (DNOW), Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMBP), and Powell Industries (POWL). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Kennametal (NYSE:KMT) and Enerpac Tool Group (NYSE:EPAC) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Kennametal had 3 more articles in the media than Enerpac Tool Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Kennametal and 2 mentions for Enerpac Tool Group. Enerpac Tool Group's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Kennametal's score of -0.02 indicating that Enerpac Tool Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kennametal presently has a consensus target price of $24.58, suggesting a potential upside of 3.68%. Enerpac Tool Group has a consensus target price of $35.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.44%. Given Kennametal's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Kennametal is more favorable than Enerpac Tool Group.
Enerpac Tool Group has a net margin of 11.75% compared to Kennametal's net margin of 5.86%. Enerpac Tool Group's return on equity of 26.38% beat Kennametal's return on equity.
97.7% of Enerpac Tool Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Kennametal shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Enerpac Tool Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Kennametal received 429 more outperform votes than Enerpac Tool Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.93% of users gave Kennametal an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave Enerpac Tool Group an outperform vote.
Kennametal has higher revenue and earnings than Enerpac Tool Group. Kennametal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enerpac Tool Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kennametal has a beta of 1.76, suggesting that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enerpac Tool Group has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kennametal pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Enerpac Tool Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Kennametal pays out 53.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enerpac Tool Group pays out 3.1% 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.
Summary
Kennametal and Enerpac Tool Group tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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