KMT vs. MIDD, WTS, MLI, GTLS, FLS, TKR, VMI, KAI, NPO, and JBT
Should you be buying Kennametal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kennametal include Middleby (MIDD), Watts Water Technologies (WTS), Mueller Industries (MLI), Chart Industries (GTLS), Flowserve (FLS), Timken (TKR), Valmont Industries (VMI), Kadant (KAI), Enpro (NPO), and John Bean Technologies (JBT). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Kennametal (NYSE:KMT) and Middleby (NASDAQ:MIDD) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and risk.
Middleby has a net margin of 9.82% compared to Kennametal's net margin of 5.29%. Middleby's return on equity of 15.88% beat Kennametal's return on equity.
Kennametal received 63 more outperform votes than Middleby when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.05% of users gave Middleby an outperform vote while only 55.84% of users gave Kennametal an outperform vote.
98.6% of Middleby shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Kennametal shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Middleby shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Kennametal has a beta of 1.76, indicating that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Middleby has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kennametal presently has a consensus price target of $24.17, indicating a potential downside of 6.13%. Middleby has a consensus price target of $153.43, indicating a potential upside of 19.02%. Given Middleby's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Middleby is more favorable than Kennametal.
Middleby has higher revenue and earnings than Kennametal. Middleby is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kennametal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Middleby had 5 more articles in the media than Kennametal. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Middleby and 5 mentions for Kennametal. Middleby's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Kennametal's score of -0.16 indicating that Middleby is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Middleby beats Kennametal on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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