Konecranes (OTCMKTS:KNCRF) and Columbus McKinnon (NASDAQ:CMCO) Head to Head Survey

Konecranes (OTCMKTS:KNCRF) and Columbus McKinnon (NASDAQ:CMCO) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Konecranes and Columbus McKinnon’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Konecranes	N/A	N/A	N/A
Columbus McKinnon	4.52%	9.50%	4.56%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Konecranes and Columbus McKinnon, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Konecranes	0	0	0	0	N/A
Columbus McKinnon	0	0	2	0	3.00

Columbus McKinnon has a consensus target price of $51.50, suggesting a potential upside of 57.64%. Given Columbus McKinnon’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Columbus McKinnon is more favorable than Konecranes.

Dividends

Konecranes pays an annual dividend of $1.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Columbus McKinnon pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Konecranes pays out 91.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Columbus McKinnon pays out 17.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

34.9% of Konecranes shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Columbus McKinnon shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Columbus McKinnon shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Konecranes and Columbus McKinnon’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Konecranes	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.15	57.94
Columbus McKinnon	$1.02 billion	0.93	$46.62 million	$1.62	20.17

Columbus McKinnon has higher revenue and earnings than Konecranes. Columbus McKinnon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Konecranes, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Columbus McKinnon beats Konecranes on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Konecranes

Konecranes Plc manufactures, sells, and services material handling solutions. It operates through three segments: Service, Industrial Equipment, and Port Solutions. The company offers workstation lifting system, overhead cranes, hazardous environment cranes and hoists, warehouse automation, and core of lifting, such as gears, motors, and controls; and provides crane advisory services. It also provides crane inspection and preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance and remote monitoring, corrective maintenance and retrofits, consultation services, modernization services; and parts, such as hook latch triggers and rope guide. In addition, the company offers container handling equipment, mobile harbor cranes, lift trucks, shipyard and bulk handling equipment, and spare parts; and provides operational software and services, port services. It serves automotive, container handling, general manufacturing, intermodal, metal production, mining, nuclear, paper and forest, petroleum and gas, power, shipyards, and waste to energy and biomass sectors. Konecranes Plc was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in Hyvinkää, Finland.

About Columbus McKinnon

Columbus McKinnon Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets motion solutions for moving, lifting, positioning, and securing materials worldwide. It offers manual, battery, electric, and air hoists; steel, rack, and pinion jacks; winches, hydraulic jacks and tools, trolleys and its clamps, and lifting tables; skates and heavy load moving systems; material handling equipment; mobile, workplace, and jib cranes; crane components and kits; and below-the-hook lifting devices, lifting slings, and lashing systems. The company also provides linear motion products, elevator and mining drives, brakes, radio controls, collision avoidance systems, regenerative drives, AC and DC drive and motor control systems, DC motor and magnet control systems, and conductor bar systems; and underfloor lifting systems, lifting jacks, roof working platforms, hybrid lifting systems, turntables, bogie axle exchange and lifting systems, bogie lift and turn devices, and workshop equipment. In addition, it offers fabric and modular belt, and sanitary, stainless steel conveyors; pallet systems; parts and belts; rotary unions and swivel joints; check valves; accumulation and transfer tables, motion control systems, and steel and flexible chains; hooks, shackles, textile slings, clamps, and load binders; actuators and rotary unions; and push button pendant stations, collision avoidance, and power delivery subsystems. It serves EV production and aerospace, energy and utilities, process industries, industrial automation, construction and infrastructure, food and beverage, entertainment, life sciences, consumer packaged goods, and e-commerce/supply chain/warehousing markets. It offers its products to end users directly, and through distributors, independent crane builders, material handling specialists and integrators, original equipment manufacturers, government agencies, and engineering procurement and construction firms. The company was founded in 1875 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.