Columbus McKinnon (NASDAQ:CMCO) vs. Kornit Digital (NASDAQ:KRNT) Head-To-Head Survey

Columbus McKinnon (NASDAQ:CMCO) and Kornit Digital (NASDAQ:KRNT) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Columbus McKinnon and Kornit Digital, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Columbus McKinnon	1	2	1	1	2.40
Kornit Digital	1	3	2	0	2.17

Columbus McKinnon presently has a consensus target price of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 43.84%. Kornit Digital has a consensus target price of $21.50, suggesting a potential upside of 17.49%. Given Columbus McKinnon’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Columbus McKinnon is more favorable than Kornit Digital.

Profitability

This table compares Columbus McKinnon and Kornit Digital’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Columbus McKinnon	-21.25%	10.02%	2.36%
Kornit Digital	-9.42%	-1.00%	-0.91%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

96.0% of Columbus McKinnon shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.8% of Kornit Digital shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Columbus McKinnon shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Kornit Digital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Columbus McKinnon has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kornit Digital has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Columbus McKinnon and Kornit Digital”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Columbus McKinnon	$1.19 billion	0.39	-$229.54 million	($7.46)	-2.14
Kornit Digital	$215.85 million	3.64	-$13.52 million	($0.48)	-38.12

Kornit Digital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Columbus McKinnon. Kornit Digital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Columbus McKinnon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Columbus McKinnon beats Kornit Digital on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Columbus McKinnon

Columbus McKinnon Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets motion solutions for moving, lifting, positioning, and securing materials worldwide. It offers manual, battery, electric, and air hoists; steel, rack, and pinion jacks; winches, hydraulic jacks and tools, trolleys and its clamps, and lifting tables; skates and heavy load moving systems; material handling equipment; mobile, workplace, and jib cranes; crane components and kits; and below-the-hook lifting devices, lifting slings, and lashing systems. The company also provides linear motion products, elevator and mining drives, brakes, radio controls, collision avoidance systems, regenerative drives, AC and DC drive and motor control systems, DC motor and magnet control systems, and conductor bar systems; and underfloor lifting systems, lifting jacks, roof working platforms, hybrid lifting systems, turntables, bogie axle exchange and lifting systems, bogie lift and turn devices, and workshop equipment. In addition, it offers fabric and modular belt, and sanitary, stainless steel conveyors; pallet systems; parts and belts; rotary unions and swivel joints; check valves; accumulation and transfer tables, motion control systems, and steel and flexible chains; hooks, shackles, textile slings, clamps, and load binders; actuators and rotary unions; and push button pendant stations, collision avoidance, and power delivery subsystems. It serves EV production and aerospace, energy and utilities, process industries, industrial automation, construction and infrastructure, food and beverage, entertainment, life sciences, consumer packaged goods, and e-commerce/supply chain/warehousing markets. It offers its products to end users directly, and through distributors, independent crane builders, material handling specialists and integrators, original equipment manufacturers, government agencies, and engineering procurement and construction firms. The company was founded in 1875 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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.