Graham (NYSE:GHM) versus BrewBilt Manufacturing (OTCMKTS:BBRW) Critical Survey

BrewBilt Manufacturing (OTCMKTS:BBRW) and Graham (NYSE:GHM) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares BrewBilt Manufacturing and Graham’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BrewBilt Manufacturing	N/A	N/A	N/A
Graham	6.00%	12.44%	5.65%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for BrewBilt Manufacturing and Graham, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BrewBilt Manufacturing	0	0	0	0	0.00
Graham	0	3	2	1	2.67

Graham has a consensus target price of $60.00, suggesting a potential downside of 17.93%. Given BrewBilt Manufacturing’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BrewBilt Manufacturing is more favorable than Graham.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

69.5% of Graham shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.0% of Graham shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

BrewBilt Manufacturing has a beta of 2.26, suggesting that its share price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Graham has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares BrewBilt Manufacturing and Graham”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BrewBilt Manufacturing	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.24)	N/A
Graham	$209.90 million	3.83	$12.23 million	$1.24	58.96

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

Summary

Graham beats BrewBilt Manufacturing on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About BrewBilt Manufacturing

BrewBilt Manufacturing Inc. custom designs, hand crafts, and integrates brewing, fermentation, and distillation processing systems for the craft beer industry in California. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Grass Valley, California.

About Graham

Graham Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, designs and manufactures fluid, power, heat transfer, and vacuum equipment for chemical and petrochemical processing, defense, space, petroleum refining, cryogenic, energy, and other industries. It offers power plant systems, including ejectors and surface condensers; torpedo ejection, propulsion, and power systems, such as turbines, alternators, regulators, pumps, and blowers; and thermal management systems comprising pumps, blowers, and drive electronics for defense sector. The company also provides rocket propulsion systems consisting of turbopumps and fuel pumps; cooling systems, which include pumps, compressors, fans, and blowers; and life support systems that comprise fans, pumps, and blowers for space industry. In addition, it offers heat transfer and vacuum systems, including ejectors, process and surface condensers, liquid ring pumps, heat exchangers, and nozzles; power generation systems, such as turbines, generators, compressors, and pumps; and thermal management systems comprising pumps, blowers, and electronics for energy sector. Further, the company offers heat transfer and vacuum systems consisting of ejectors, process and surface condensers, liquid ring pumps, heat exchangers, and nozzles for chemical and petrochemical processing industry. The company also services and sells spare parts for its equipment. It sells its products directly in the United States, the Middle East, Canada, Asia, South America, and internationally. Graham Corporation was founded in 1936 and is headquartered in Batavia, New York.