POWL vs. B, UFPT, PLUG, KMT, SXI, HEES, TNC, EPAC, OI, and NSSC
Should you be buying Powell Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Powell Industries include Barnes Group (B), UFP Technologies (UFPT), Plug Power (PLUG), Kennametal (KMT), Standex International (SXI), H&E Equipment Services (HEES), Tennant (TNC), Enerpac Tool Group (EPAC), O-I Glass (OI), and Napco Security Technologies (NSSC). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Barnes Group (NYSE:B) and Powell Industries (NASDAQ:POWL) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and valuation.
90.8% of Barnes Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Powell Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.2% of Barnes Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Powell Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Powell Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Barnes Group. Powell Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Barnes Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Barnes Group pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Powell Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Barnes Group pays out 711.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Powell Industries pays out 12.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Powell Industries has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
Barnes Group currently has a consensus price target of $40.67, indicating a potential downside of 0.69%. Given Powell Industries' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Barnes Group is more favorable than Powell Industries.
Barnes Group received 167 more outperform votes than Powell Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.38% of users gave Powell Industries an outperform vote while only 59.19% of users gave Barnes Group an outperform vote.
Powell Industries has a net margin of 12.05% compared to Powell Industries' net margin of 0.31%. Barnes Group's return on equity of 27.93% beat Powell Industries' return on equity.
Barnes Group has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Powell Industries has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Powell Industries had 5 more articles in the media than Barnes Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Powell Industries and 1 mentions for Barnes Group. Powell Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Barnes Group's score of 0.67 indicating that Barnes Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Barnes Group and Powell Industries tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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