SXI vs. TNC, MIDD, XRX, AZZ, HEES, EPAC, KMT, AMBP, B, and LZ
Should you be buying Standex International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Standex International include Tennant (TNC), Middleby (MIDD), Xerox (XRX), AZZ (AZZ), H&E Equipment Services (HEES), Enerpac Tool Group (EPAC), Kennametal (KMT), Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMBP), Barnes Group (B), and LegalZoom.com (LZ). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Standex International (NYSE:SXI) and Tennant (NYSE:TNC) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Tennant received 55 more outperform votes than Standex International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.29% of users gave Standex International an outperform vote while only 62.02% of users gave Tennant an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Tennant had 6 more articles in the media than Standex International. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Tennant and 13 mentions for Standex International. Standex International's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Tennant's score of 0.46 indicating that Standex International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
90.4% of Standex International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of Tennant shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Standex International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Tennant shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Standex International presently has a consensus target price of $195.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.45%. Tennant has a consensus target price of $106.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.91%. Given Standex International's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Standex International is more favorable than Tennant.
Standex International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tennant. Tennant is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Standex International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Standex International pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Tennant pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Standex International pays out 19.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tennant pays out 19.2% 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. Tennant is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Standex International has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tennant has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Standex International has a net margin of 10.11% compared to Tennant's net margin of 8.81%. Tennant's return on equity of 23.07% beat Standex International's return on equity.
Summary
Tennant beats Standex International on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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