Head-To-Head Contrast: Paul Mueller (OTCMKTS:MUEL) vs. Spirax Group (OTCMKTS:SPXSY)

Paul Mueller (OTCMKTS:MUEL) and Spirax Group (OTCMKTS:SPXSY) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.4% of Spirax Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of Paul Mueller shares 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.

Risk & Volatility

Paul Mueller has a beta of 0.19, suggesting that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spirax Group has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Paul Mueller and Spirax Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Paul Mueller	10.88%	32.56%	15.95%
Spirax Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Dividends

Paul Mueller pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Spirax Group pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Paul Mueller pays out 3.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Paul Mueller and Spirax Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Paul Mueller	0	0	0	0	0.00
Spirax Group	0	0	0	1	4.00

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Paul Mueller and Spirax Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Paul Mueller	$287.00 million	1.44	$34.68 million	$40.34	11.38
Spirax Group	$2.25 billion	3.14	$215.48 million	N/A	N/A

Spirax Group has higher revenue and earnings than Paul Mueller.

Summary

Spirax Group beats Paul Mueller on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Paul Mueller

Paul Mueller Company, together with its subsidiaries, provides manufactured equipment and components in the United States, North America, Asia, the Far East, the Netherlands, EU countries, Europe, and internationally. The company operates through four reportable segments: Dairy Farm Equipment, Industrial Equipment, Field Fabrication, and Transportation. The Dairy Farm Equipment segment offers milk cooling and storage equipment and accessories, refrigeration units, and heat recovery equipment for use on dairy farms to independent dealers for resale, and directly to farmers; and services for farmers, as well as milk coolers for rent to farmers. The Industrial Equipment segment sells food, beverage, chemical, and industrial processing equipment; and biopharmaceutical and pure water equipment, as well as stainless steel, alloy processing, storage tanks, and heat transfer products. The Field Fabrication segment sells large, field-fabricated tanks and vessels, such as stainless steel storage tanks for sanitary and industrial process applications. The Transportation segment offers delivery of products to customers; backhauls of materials and components; and contract carriage for third parties. It serves its products in various industries, including animal health, beverage, brewing, chemical, dairy farm, dairy processing, food, heat transfer, HVAC, industrial construction, oil and gas, personal care, pharmaceutical, pure water, tank fabrication, and wine. The company was founded in 1940 and is headquartered in Springfield, Missouri.

About Spirax Group

Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc provides engineered solutions it operates through three segments: Steam Thermal Solutions; Electric Thermal Solutions; and Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions. The company offers industrial and commercial steam systems, including condensate management, controls, and thermal energy management products and solutions for heating, curing, cooking, drying, cleaning, sterilizing, space heating, humidifying, vacuum packing, and producing hot water; electrical process heating and temperature management solutions, such as industrial heaters and systems, heat tracing, and various component technologies for industrial processes; and peristaltic and niche pumps and associated fluid path technologies, including tubing, and specialty filling systems and products for single-use applications. It serves pharmaceutical and biotechnology, food, beverage, oil, gas, chemical, power generation, healthcare, water and wastewater, buildings, mining and precious metal processing, semiconductor, and transport sectors, as well as original equipment manufacturers. The company sells its products directly, as well as through distributors. It operates in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa; the Asia Pacific; and the Americas. The company was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Cheltenham, the United Kingdom.