Critical Analysis: Donaldson (NYSE:DCI) vs. Media Pal (OTCMKTS:MPHD)

Media Pal (OTCMKTS:MPHD) and Donaldson (NYSE:DCI) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and dividends.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

82.8% of Donaldson shares are held by institutional investors. 15.3% of Media Pal shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Donaldson shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Media Pal and Donaldson, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Media Pal	0	0	0	0	0.00
Donaldson	0	2	2	0	2.50

Donaldson has a consensus target price of $86.33, suggesting a potential downside of 4.32%. Given Media Pal’s higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Media Pal is more favorable than Donaldson.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Media Pal and Donaldson”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Media Pal	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Donaldson	$3.69 billion	2.83	$367.00 million	$3.05	29.58

Donaldson has higher revenue and earnings than Media Pal.

Profitability

This table compares Media Pal and Donaldson’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Media Pal	N/A	N/A	N/A
Donaldson	9.94%	29.50%	14.79%

Summary

Donaldson beats Media Pal on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Media Pal

Media Pal Holdings, Corp. operates as a non-hazardous waste treatment and disposal facility. It operates a 250-gallon per minute waste stream separation system at the Wyoming Avenue terminal facility. This system separates liquid waste streams and pumpable waste streams containing a mixture of liquids and solids. Its customers are located primarily throughout the Great Lakes region. The company, formerly known as Rich Coast, Inc. Media Pal Holdings, Corp. was founded in 1936 and is based in Sarasota, Florida.

About Donaldson

Donaldson Company, Inc. manufactures and sells filtration systems and replacement parts worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Mobile Solutions, Industrial Solutions, and Life Sciences. Its Mobile Solutions segment provides replacement filters for air and liquid filtration applications, such as air filtration systems; liquid filtration systems for fuel, lube, and hydraulic applications; exhaust and emissions systems and sensors; indicators; and monitoring systems. This segment sells its products to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the construction, mining, agriculture, aerospace, defense, and transportation markets; and to independent distributors, and OEM dealer networks. The company's Industrial Solutions segment offers dust, fume, and mist collectors; compressed air and industrial gasses purification systems; and hydraulic and lubricated rotating equipment applications, as well as gas and liquid filtration for industrial processes. This segment sells its products to various distributors, OEMs, and end-users. Its Life Sciences segment provides micro-environment gas and liquid filtration for food, beverage, and industrial processes; bioprocessing equipment, that includes bioreactors and fermenters; and bioprocessing consumables, such as chromatography devices, reagents and filters, and polytetrafluoroethylene membrane-based products, as well as specialized air and gas filtration systems for applications, including hard disk drives, semi-conductor manufacturing and sensors, battery systems, and powertrain components to OEMs and various end-users. The company was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota.