KMT vs. UFPT, SXI, B, POWL, TNC, PLUG, EPAC, OI, HEES, and NSSC
Should you be buying Kennametal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kennametal include UFP Technologies (UFPT), Standex International (SXI), Barnes Group (B), Powell Industries (POWL), Tennant (TNC), Plug Power (PLUG), Enerpac Tool Group (EPAC), O-I Glass (OI), H&E Equipment Services (HEES), and Napco Security Technologies (NSSC). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
UFP Technologies (NASDAQ:UFPT) and Kennametal (NYSE:KMT) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Kennametal received 229 more outperform votes than UFP Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.03% of users gave UFP Technologies an outperform vote while only 55.91% of users gave Kennametal an outperform vote.
UFP Technologies has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kennametal has a beta of 1.76, meaning that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Kennametal had 20 more articles in the media than UFP Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Kennametal and 3 mentions for UFP Technologies. Kennametal's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat UFP Technologies' score of 0.21 indicating that UFP Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
UFP Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $238.50, suggesting a potential downside of 7.99%. Kennametal has a consensus target price of $24.75, suggesting a potential downside of 4.07%. Given UFP Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kennametal is more favorable than UFP Technologies.
Kennametal has higher revenue and earnings than UFP Technologies. Kennametal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UFP Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
87.3% of UFP Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.8% of UFP Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Kennametal shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
UFP Technologies has a net margin of 11.75% compared to UFP Technologies' net margin of 5.29%. Kennametal's return on equity of 17.75% beat UFP Technologies' return on equity.
Summary
UFP Technologies beats Kennametal on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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