ESAB vs. ATS, RRX, NDSN, FLS, ADT, TKR, MLI, GTLS, BERY, and AA
Should you be buying ESAB stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ESAB include ATS (ATS), Regal Rexnord (RRX), Nordson (NDSN), Flowserve (FLS), ADT (ADT), Timken (TKR), Mueller Industries (MLI), Chart Industries (GTLS), Berry Global Group (BERY), and Alcoa (AA). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
ESAB (NYSE:ESAB) and ATS (NYSE:ATS) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
ESAB has higher revenue and earnings than ATS. ATS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ESAB, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ESAB currently has a consensus target price of $96.29, suggesting a potential downside of 10.87%. ATS has a consensus target price of $48.00, suggesting a potential upside of 38.05%. Given ATS's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ATS is more favorable than ESAB.
ESAB has a net margin of 8.39% compared to ATS's net margin of 6.39%. ESAB's return on equity of 17.59% beat ATS's return on equity.
In the previous week, ATS had 10 more articles in the media than ESAB. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for ATS and 5 mentions for ESAB. ESAB's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat ATS's score of 0.48 indicating that ESAB is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ESAB received 10 more outperform votes than ATS when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 37.50% of users gave ESAB an outperform vote while only 28.57% of users gave ATS an outperform vote.
91.1% of ESAB shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.8% of ATS shares are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of ESAB shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
ESAB beats ATS on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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