Thermon Group (NYSE:THR – Get Free Report) and Generac (NYSE:GNRC – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Thermon Group and Generac”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Thermon Group | $536.26 million | 3.76 | $44.57 million | $1.34 | 45.63 |
| Generac | $4.21 billion | 3.14 | $159.55 million | $4.34 | 51.60 |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Thermon Group and Generac, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Thermon Group | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Generac | 0 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2.75 |
Thermon Group presently has a consensus price target of $57.00, suggesting a potential downside of 6.77%. Generac has a consensus price target of $290.45, suggesting a potential upside of 29.69%. Given Generac’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Generac is more favorable than Thermon Group.
Risk & Volatility
Thermon Group has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Generac has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
99.8% of Thermon Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of Generac shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Thermon Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Generac shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Thermon Group and Generac’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Thermon Group | 8.31% | 13.42% | 8.84% |
| Generac | 5.82% | 17.83% | 8.58% |
Summary
Generac beats Thermon Group on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Thermon Group
Thermon Group Holdings, Inc. provides engineered industrial process heating solutions for process industries in the United States and Latin America, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. It offers heat tracing products, such as electric heat tracing cables, steam heating solutions, controls, monitoring and software, instrumentation, project services, industrial heating and filtration solutions, temporary electrical power distribution and lighting, and other products and services. The company also provides controls, monitoring, and software systems for the control and management of a heat trace system; environmental heating solutions under the Ruffneck, Norsemen, and Catadyne brands; process heating solutions under the Caloritech brand name; filtration solutions under the 3L Filters brand; rail and transit solutions under the Hellfire, Velocity, ArcticSense, and other brand names; and boilers under the Vapor Power, Precision Boilers, and Caloritech brands. In addition, it offers project services; transportation heating products, including track and switch heaters, accessories, control panels, rail heaters, gas blower accessories, and air curtains; transit heaters; and velocity heat products. Further, the company offers temporary power solutions; heating systems, such as engineered electric heat, explosion proof gas catalytic heaters, heaters for harshest environments, methane abatement, and engineered filtration system; electrically, steam, and fluid heated tubing bundles; and pre-insulated tubing and system accessories tubing bundles. It serves chemical and petrochemical, oil and gas, power generation, rail and transit, commercial, energy transition/decarbonization, mining and mineral processing, maritime/shipbuilding, semiconductors, pharmaceutical and biotechnology, food and beverage, data centers, and renewables industries through a network of sales and service professionals, and distributors. Thermon Group Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
About Generac
Generac Holdings Inc. designs, manufactures, and distributes various energy technology products and solution worldwide. The company offers residential automatic standby generators, automatic transfer switch, air-cooled engine residential standby generators, and liquid-cooled engine generators; Mobile Link, a remote monitoring system for home standby generators; residential storage solution, which consists of a system of batteries, an inverter, photovoltaic optimizers, power electronic controls, and other components; smart home solutions, such as smart thermostats and a suite of home monitoring products. It also provides smart home energy management devices and sensors for heating and cooling system; smart doorbell cameras; and portable and inverter generators; multiple portable battery solutions; manual transfer switches; outdoor power equipment, including trimmers, field and brush mowers, log splitters, stump grinders, chipper shredders, lawn and leaf vacuums, and pressure washers and water pumps; and battery-powered turf care products. In addition, the company offers commercial and industrial products comprising cleaner-burning natural gas fueled generators; light-commercial standby generators and related transfer switches; stationary generators; single-engine industrial generators; industrial standby generators; industrial transfer switches; light towers, mobile generators, commercial mobile pumps, heaters, dust-suppression equipment, and mobile energy storage systems; stationary energy storage system and related inverter products; and aftermarket service parts and product accessories. The company distributes its products through independent residential dealers, industrial distributors and dealers, national and regional retailers, e-commerce partners, electrical/HVAC/solar wholesalers, solar installers, catalogs, equipment rental companies, and other equipment distributors; and directly to end users. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
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