Kornit Digital (NASDAQ:KRNT – Get Free Report) and Mueller Water Products (NYSE:MWA – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.
Risk & Volatility
Kornit Digital has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mueller Water Products has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Kornit Digital and Mueller Water Products’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Kornit Digital | -9.42% | -1.00% | -0.91% |
| Mueller Water Products | 15.02% | 23.55% | 13.12% |
Analyst Recommendations
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Kornit Digital | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.17 |
| Mueller Water Products | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 |
Kornit Digital currently has a consensus target price of $21.50, indicating a potential upside of 22.93%. Mueller Water Products has a consensus target price of $28.40, indicating a potential upside of 31.09%. Given Mueller Water Products’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Mueller Water Products is more favorable than Kornit Digital.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Kornit Digital and Mueller Water Products”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Kornit Digital | $208.20 million | 3.61 | -$13.52 million | ($0.48) | -36.44 |
| Mueller Water Products | $1.43 billion | 2.37 | $191.70 million | $1.41 | 15.37 |
Mueller Water Products has higher revenue and earnings than Kornit Digital. Kornit Digital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mueller Water Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
92.8% of Kornit Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.7% of Mueller Water Products shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Kornit Digital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Mueller Water Products shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Mueller Water Products beats Kornit Digital on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Kornit Digital
Kornit Digital Ltd. develops, designs, and markets digital printing solutions for the fashion, apparel, and home decor segments of printed textile industry in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. Its solutions include digital printing systems, ink and other consumables, associated software, and value-added services. The company's products and services include direct-to-garment printing platform for smaller industrial operators to mass producers; NeoPigment ink and other consumables; QuickP designer software; and system upgrade kits, maintenance and support, consulting, and professional services. It serves decorators, online businesses, brand owners, and contract printers. Kornit Digital Ltd. was incorporated in 2002 and is headquartered in Rosh Haayin, Israel.
About Mueller Water Products
Mueller Water Products, Inc. manufactures and markets products and services for the transmission, distribution, and measurement of water used by municipalities, and the residential and non-residential construction industries in the United States, Israel, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Water Flow Solutions and Water Management Solutions. The Water Flow Solutions segment provides valves for water systems, such as iron gate, butterfly, tapping, check, knife, plug, and ball valves, which are used to control distribution and transmission of potable water and non-potable water, as well as in water transmission or distribution, water treatment facilities, or industrial applications. It also offers service brass products. The Water Management Solutions segment offers dry-barrel and wet-barrel fire hydrants for water infrastructure development; fire protection systems, and water infrastructure repair and replacement projects; pipe repair products, such as couplings, grips, and clamps used to repair leaks; residential, fire line, and commercial water metering products, systems, and services; water leak detection and pipe condition assessment products and services; machines and tools for tapping, drilling, extracting, installing, and stopping-off; gas valve products for use in gas distribution systems; and intelligent water solutions, including pressure control valves, advanced pressure management, network analytics, event management, and date logging. It sells its products under the Canada Valve, Centurion, Ez-Max, Hydro Gate, Hydro-Guard, HYMAX, HYMAX VERSA, Jones, Krausz, Milliken, Mueller, Pratt, Pratt Industrial, Repamax, Repaflex, Singer, Echologics, Echoshore, ePulse, Hersey, LeakFinderRT, LeakFinderST, LeakListener, LeakTuner, Mi.Echo, Mi.Net, Mueller Systems, Sentryx, and U.S. Pipe Valve and Hydrant brands. Mueller Water Products, Inc. was founded in 1857 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
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