Financial Review: Enpro (NYSE:NPO) & GreenPower Motor (NASDAQ:GP)

Enpro (NYSE:NPO) and GreenPower Motor (NASDAQ:GP) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares Enpro and GreenPower Motor’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Enpro	3.60%	11.83%	7.10%
GreenPower Motor	-24.28%	N/A	-7.44%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

98.3% of Enpro shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.7% of GreenPower Motor shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Enpro shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 28.1% of GreenPower Motor shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Enpro and GreenPower Motor, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Enpro	0	2	3	0	2.60
GreenPower Motor	1	1	0	0	1.50

Enpro currently has a consensus target price of $358.33, suggesting a potential upside of 25.75%. Given Enpro’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Enpro is more favorable than GreenPower Motor.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Enpro and GreenPower Motor”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Enpro	$1.14 billion	5.28	$40.50 million	$2.05	139.01
GreenPower Motor	$16.39 million	0.03	-$5.48 million	($3.40)	-0.35

Enpro has higher revenue and earnings than GreenPower Motor. GreenPower Motor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enpro, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk and Volatility

Enpro has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GreenPower Motor has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Enpro beats GreenPower Motor on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Enpro

Enpro Inc. design, develops, manufactures, and markets proprietary, value-added products and solutions to safeguard critical environments in the United States, Europe, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Sealing Technologies and Advanced Surface Technologies. The Sealing Technologies segment offers single-use hygienic seals, tubing, components and assemblies; metallic, non-metallic, and composite material gaskets; dynamic seals; compression packing; hydraulic components; expansion joints; and wall penetration products for chemical and petrochemical processing, pulp and paper processing, nuclear energy, hydrogen, natural gas, food and biopharmaceutical processing, primary metal manufacturing, mining, water and waste treatment, commercial vehicle, aerospace, medical, filtration, and semiconductor fabrication industries. The Advanced Surface Technologies segment offers cleaning, coating, testing, refurbishment, and verification services for critical components and assemblies used in semiconductor manufacturing equipment, as well as for critical applications in the space, aerospace, and defense markets; and specialized optical filters and thin-film coatings for various applications in the industrial technology, life sciences, and semiconductor markets. The company was formerly known as EnPro Industries, Inc. and changed its name to Enpro Inc. in December 2023. Enpro Inc. was incorporated in 2002 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

About GreenPower Motor

GreenPower Motor Company Inc. designs, manufactures, and distributes electric vehicles for commercial markets in the United States and Canada. The company offers commercial vehicles for delivery, public transit, schools, vanpools, micro-transit, shuttles, and other; and passenger, student, low floor transit, and cargo transportation. It leases its vehicles to customers. GreenPower Motor Company Inc. was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.