CDRE vs. CMCO, SCSC, MRC, LNN, GIC, HY, TRS, HOLI, APOG, and DNOW
Should you be buying Cadre stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cadre include Columbus McKinnon (CMCO), ScanSource (SCSC), MRC Global (MRC), Lindsay (LNN), Global Industrial (GIC), Hyster-Yale Materials Handling (HY), TriMas (TRS), Hollysys Automation Technologies (HOLI), Apogee Enterprises (APOG), and DNOW (DNOW). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Cadre (NYSE:CDRE) and Columbus McKinnon (NASDAQ:CMCO) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
Cadre has a net margin of 7.58% compared to Columbus McKinnon's net margin of 4.86%. Cadre's return on equity of 19.18% beat Columbus McKinnon's return on equity.
In the previous week, Cadre had 10 more articles in the media than Columbus McKinnon. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Cadre and 3 mentions for Columbus McKinnon. Cadre's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Columbus McKinnon's score of 0.00 indicating that Cadre is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cadre has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Columbus McKinnon has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cadre currently has a consensus price target of $41.25, suggesting a potential upside of 35.47%. Columbus McKinnon has a consensus price target of $50.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.51%. Given Cadre's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Cadre is more favorable than Columbus McKinnon.
Columbus McKinnon has higher revenue and earnings than Cadre. Columbus McKinnon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cadre, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
44.0% of Cadre shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Columbus McKinnon shares are held by institutional investors. 49.2% of Cadre shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Columbus McKinnon shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Cadre pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Columbus McKinnon pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Cadre pays out 34.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Columbus McKinnon pays out 16.6% 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.
Columbus McKinnon received 268 more outperform votes than Cadre when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.26% of users gave Columbus McKinnon an outperform vote while only 53.57% of users gave Cadre an outperform vote.
Summary
Cadre beats Columbus McKinnon on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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