ATKR vs. ENS, CWST, ZWS, SEE, SON, MSM, VMI, SLGN, TKR, and FLS
Should you be buying Atkore stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Atkore include EnerSys (ENS), Casella Waste Systems (CWST), Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS), Sealed Air (SEE), Sonoco Products (SON), MSC Industrial Direct (MSM), Valmont Industries (VMI), Silgan (SLGN), Timken (TKR), and Flowserve (FLS). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Atkore (NYSE:ATKR) and EnerSys (NYSE:ENS) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings and media sentiment.
EnerSys received 41 more outperform votes than Atkore when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.33% of users gave EnerSys an outperform vote while only 66.79% of users gave Atkore an outperform vote.
Atkore pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. EnerSys pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Atkore pays out 8.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EnerSys pays out 13.6% 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.
Atkore has a net margin of 18.30% compared to EnerSys' net margin of 7.49%. Atkore's return on equity of 43.19% beat EnerSys' return on equity.
Atkore has a beta of 2.19, indicating that its stock price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EnerSys has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Atkore currently has a consensus price target of $187.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.14%. EnerSys has a consensus price target of $126.00, indicating a potential upside of 30.75%. Given EnerSys' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe EnerSys is more favorable than Atkore.
In the previous week, Atkore and Atkore both had 9 articles in the media. Atkore's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat EnerSys' score of 0.98 indicating that Atkore is being referred to more favorably in the media.
94.9% of EnerSys shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Atkore shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of EnerSys shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Atkore has higher earnings, but lower revenue than EnerSys. Atkore is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EnerSys, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Atkore beats EnerSys on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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