GEA Group (OTCMKTS:GEAGF – Get Free Report) and Broadwind Energy (NASDAQ:BWEN – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares GEA Group and Broadwind Energy”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| GEA Group | $6.22 billion | 1.66 | $468.41 million | $2.32 | 27.30 |
| Broadwind Energy | $158.05 million | 0.73 | $5.24 million | $0.22 | 22.41 |
Profitability
This table compares GEA Group and Broadwind Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| GEA Group | 7.61% | 18.04% | 7.39% |
| Broadwind Energy | 3.30% | -2.05% | -1.09% |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
33.3% of Broadwind Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.1% of Broadwind Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for GEA Group and Broadwind Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| GEA Group | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 |
| Broadwind Energy | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.33 |
Broadwind Energy has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.68%. Given Broadwind Energy’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Broadwind Energy is more favorable than GEA Group.
Risk & Volatility
GEA Group has a beta of 0.21, indicating that its share price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Broadwind Energy has a beta of 1.74, indicating that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
GEA Group beats Broadwind Energy on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About GEA Group
GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft engages in the development and production of systems and components to the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries. It operates through Separation & Flow Technologies, Liquid & Power Technologies, Food & Health Technologies, Farm Technologies, and Heating & Refrigeration Technologies segments. The Separation & Flow Technologies segment manufacture process-related components and machinery including notably separators, decanters, homogenizers, valves, and pumps. The Liquid & Power Technologies segment offers brewing systems, liquid processing and filling, concentration, precision fermentation, crystallization, purification, drying, powder handling, and packaging, as well as systems for emission control for dairy, beverage, food, chemical, and other industries. The Food & Health Technologies segment engages in the preparation, marination, and processing of meat, poultry, seafood, and vegan products, pasta and confectionery products, baking, slicing, packaging, and frozen food processing for food processing industry; and provides tablet presses for pharmaceutical industry. The Farm Technologies segment offers customer solution for milk production and livestock farming, which includes automatic milking and feeding system, conventional milking solutions, manure handling, and digital herd management tool. The Heating & Refrigeration Technologies segment provides energy solution in the field of industrial refrigeration and heating for an array of industries including food, beverage, dairy, and oil and gas. The company was formerly known as mg technologies ag and changed its name to GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft in 2005. GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft was founded in 1881 and is headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany.
About Broadwind Energy
Broadwind, Inc. manufactures and sells structures, equipment, and components for clean tech and other specialized applications primarily in the United States. It operates through three segments: Heavy Fabrications, Gearing, and Industrial Solutions. The Heavy Fabrications segment provides fabrications to various industrial markets. It offers steel towers and adapters primarily to wind turbine manufacturers. Its Gearing segment provides gearing, gearboxes, and precision machined components to a range of customers in diverse markets, including surface and underground mining, wind energy, steel, material handling, infrastructure, onshore and offshore oil and gas fracking and drilling, marine, and other industrial markets. This segment also offers heat treat services for aftermarket and original equipment manufacturer applications. The Industrial Solutions segment provides supply chain solutions for offering instrumentation and controls, valve assemblies, sensor devices, fuel system components, electrical junction boxes and wiring, energy storage services, and electromechanical devices; light fabrication, inventory management, and kitting and assembly services; packaging solutions; and supply chain solutions, light fabrication, inventory management, and kitting and assembly services for combined cycle natural gas turbine market. It sells its products to the energy, mining, and infrastructure sectors through its direct sales force and independent sales agents. The company was formerly known as Broadwind Energy, Inc. and changed its name to Broadwind, Inc. in May 2020. Broadwind, Inc. is headquartered in Cicero, Illinois.
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