Kewaunee Scientific (NASDAQ:KEQU – Get Free Report) is one of 514 public companies in the “Healthcare Equipment & Supplies” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Kewaunee Scientific to similar businesses based on the strength of its earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
32.7% of Kewaunee Scientific shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.1% of shares of all “Healthcare Equipment & Supplies” companies are held by institutional investors. 14.1% of Kewaunee Scientific shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.8% of shares of all “Healthcare Equipment & Supplies” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk & Volatility
Kewaunee Scientific has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kewaunee Scientific’s rivals have a beta of 2.56, suggesting that their average stock price is 156% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Kewaunee Scientific | $282.00 million | $9.62 million | 12.33 |
| Kewaunee Scientific Competitors | $1.88 billion | $144.09 million | 8.39 |
Kewaunee Scientific’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Kewaunee Scientific. Kewaunee Scientific is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.
Profitability
This table compares Kewaunee Scientific and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Kewaunee Scientific | 2.97% | 11.61% | 4.82% |
| Kewaunee Scientific Competitors | -275.79% | -158.03% | -22.38% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Kewaunee Scientific and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Kewaunee Scientific | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Kewaunee Scientific Competitors | 4224 | 10309 | 17951 | 796 | 2.46 |
As a group, “Healthcare Equipment & Supplies” companies have a potential upside of 31.97%. Given Kewaunee Scientific’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kewaunee Scientific has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.
Summary
Kewaunee Scientific rivals beat Kewaunee Scientific on 9 of the 13 factors compared.
About Kewaunee Scientific
Kewaunee Scientific Corporation designs, manufactures, and installs laboratory, healthcare, and technical furniture and infrastructure products. The company operates through two segments, Domestic and International. Its products include steel and wood casework, fume hoods, adaptable modular systems, moveable workstations, stand-alone benches, biological safety cabinets, and epoxy resin work surfaces and sinks. The company's laboratory products are used in chemistry, physics, biology, and other general science laboratories in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, industrial, chemical, commercial, educational, government, and health care markets; and technical products are used in facilities manufacturing computers and light electronics and by users of computer and networking furniture. It sells its products primarily through dealers, its subidiaries, and a national distributor. The company was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Statesville, North Carolina.
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