Critical Comparison: Twin Disc (NASDAQ:TWIN) & Spirax Group (OTCMKTS:SPXSY)

Twin Disc (NASDAQ:TWIN) and Spirax Group (OTCMKTS:SPXSY) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Twin Disc and Spirax Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Twin Disc	0	2	0	0	2.00
Spirax Group	0	0	0	1	4.00

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Twin Disc and Spirax Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Twin Disc	$340.74 million	0.84	-$1.89 million	$1.84	10.82
Spirax Group	$2.25 billion	2.96	$215.48 million	N/A	N/A

Spirax Group has higher revenue and earnings than Twin Disc.

Profitability

This table compares Twin Disc and Spirax Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Twin Disc	7.32%	2.77%	1.29%
Spirax Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk & Volatility

Twin Disc has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spirax Group has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

65.3% of Twin Disc shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.4% of Spirax Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.1% of Twin Disc shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Twin Disc pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Spirax Group pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Twin Disc pays out 8.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Spirax Group beats Twin Disc on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Twin Disc

Twin Disc, Incorporated engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of marine and heavy duty off-highway power transmission equipment in the United States, the Netherlands, China, Australia, Italy, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Manufacturing and Distribution. Its principal products include marine transmissions, azimuth drives, surface drives, propellers, and boat management systems, as well as power-shift transmissions, hydraulic torque converters, power take-offs, industrial clutches, and controls systems. The company also provides third-party manufactured products. It sells its products through a direct sales force and distributor network to customers primarily in the pleasure craft, commercial marine, patrol, and military marine markets, as well as in the energy and natural resources, government, agriculture, recycling, construction, oil and gas, and industrial markets. The company was incorporated in 1918 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

About Spirax Group

Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc provides engineered solutions it operates through three segments: Steam Thermal Solutions; Electric Thermal Solutions; and Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions. The company offers industrial and commercial steam systems, including condensate management, controls, and thermal energy management products and solutions for heating, curing, cooking, drying, cleaning, sterilizing, space heating, humidifying, vacuum packing, and producing hot water; electrical process heating and temperature management solutions, such as industrial heaters and systems, heat tracing, and various component technologies for industrial processes; and peristaltic and niche pumps and associated fluid path technologies, including tubing, and specialty filling systems and products for single-use applications. It serves pharmaceutical and biotechnology, food, beverage, oil, gas, chemical, power generation, healthcare, water and wastewater, buildings, mining and precious metal processing, semiconductor, and transport sectors, as well as original equipment manufacturers. The company sells its products directly, as well as through distributors. It operates in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa; the Asia Pacific; and the Americas. The company was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Cheltenham, the United Kingdom.