PRLB vs. NPO, JBT, MWA, ESE, AIN, KMT, B, SXI, TNC, and HY
Should you be buying Proto Labs stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Proto Labs include Enpro (NPO), John Bean Technologies (JBT), Mueller Water Products (MWA), ESCO Technologies (ESE), Albany International (AIN), Kennametal (KMT), Barnes Group (B), Standex International (SXI), Tennant (TNC), and Hyster-Yale Materials Handling (HY). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Proto Labs (NYSE:PRLB) and Enpro (NYSE:NPO) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
84.5% of Proto Labs shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.3% of Enpro shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Proto Labs shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Enpro shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Enpro has higher revenue and earnings than Proto Labs. Enpro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Proto Labs, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Proto Labs currently has a consensus target price of $40.33, suggesting a potential upside of 30.23%. Enpro has a consensus target price of $158.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.09%. Given Proto Labs' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Proto Labs is more favorable than Enpro.
Proto Labs has a net margin of 3.92% compared to Enpro's net margin of -0.26%. Enpro's return on equity of 9.17% beat Proto Labs' return on equity.
Enpro received 32 more outperform votes than Proto Labs when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.51% of users gave Enpro an outperform vote while only 62.96% of users gave Proto Labs an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Proto Labs had 5 more articles in the media than Enpro. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Proto Labs and 0 mentions for Enpro. Proto Labs' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Enpro's score of 0.00 indicating that Proto Labs is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Proto Labs has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enpro has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Enpro beats Proto Labs on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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