Electro-Sensors (NASDAQ:ELSE – Get Free Report) is one of 378 public companies in the “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Electro-Sensors to related businesses based on the strength of its dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.
Volatility & Risk
Electro-Sensors has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Electro-Sensors’ competitors have a beta of -0.24, suggesting that their average stock price is 124% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
11.7% of Electro-Sensors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.8% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are owned by institutional investors. 13.3% of Electro-Sensors shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.4% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Electro-Sensors | $10.48 million | $310,000.00 | 96.75 |
| Electro-Sensors Competitors | $4.04 billion | $191.02 million | -6.48 |
Electro-Sensors’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Electro-Sensors. Electro-Sensors is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.
Dividends
Electro-Sensors pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Electro-Sensors pays out 200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.8% and pay out 66.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.
Profitability
This table compares Electro-Sensors and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Electro-Sensors | 2.42% | 1.73% | 1.62% |
| Electro-Sensors Competitors | -184.62% | -150.57% | -6.97% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Electro-Sensors and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Electro-Sensors | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Electro-Sensors Competitors | 1986 | 7500 | 10214 | 625 | 2.47 |
As a group, “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies have a potential upside of 19.86%. Given Electro-Sensors’ competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Electro-Sensors has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.
Summary
Electro-Sensors competitors beat Electro-Sensors on 9 of the 15 factors compared.
Electro-Sensors Company Profile
Electro-Sensors, Inc. engages in the manufacture and selling of industrial production monitoring and process control systems. Its products include shaft speed witches; wireless hazard monitoring; temperature sensor; slide gate and angle position; bearing sensors and belt alignment; and motor drive control. The company was founded by James P. Slattery in 1965 and is headquartered in Minnetonka, MN.
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