Financial Contrast: Kion Group (OTCMKTS:KIGRY) & TPI Composites (NASDAQ:TPIC)

Kion Group (OTCMKTS:KIGRY) and TPI Composites (NASDAQ:TPIC) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Volatility and Risk

Kion Group has a beta of 1.99, indicating that its stock price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TPI Composites has a beta of 1.98, indicating that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Kion Group and TPI Composites, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kion Group	0	0	1	3	3.75
TPI Composites	2	4	1	0	1.86

TPI Composites has a consensus price target of $1.73, suggesting a potential upside of 1,332.51%. Given TPI Composites’ higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TPI Composites is more favorable than Kion Group.

Profitability

This table compares Kion Group and TPI Composites’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kion Group	2.08%	3.89%	1.27%
TPI Composites	-15.28%	N/A	-27.61%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Kion Group and TPI Composites”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kion Group	$12.45 billion	0.71	$389.88 million	$0.48	35.25
TPI Composites	$1.33 billion	0.00	-$240.71 million	($4.26)	-0.03

Kion Group has higher revenue and earnings than TPI Composites. TPI Composites is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kion Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

75.2% of TPI Composites shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of TPI Composites shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Kion Group beats TPI Composites on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Kion Group

KION GROUP AG provides industrial trucks and supply chain solutions worldwide. The company operates in Industrial Trucks & Services and Supply Chain Solutions segments. It offers forklift trucks, counterbalance trucks with electric drive and internal combustion engine, ride-on and hand-operated warehouse trucks, automated guided vehicle systems (AGVs), and towing vehicles under the Linde, STILL, Baoli, Fenwick, and OM brands. The company also manufactures and sells spare parts; leases and rents industrial trucks and related items; and offers maintenance and repair, and fleet management services, as well as provides finance solutions. In addition, it provides integrated technology and software solutions, including automated guided vehicle systems, palletizers, storage and picking equipment, automated storage and retrieval systems, sorters, and conveyors under the Dematic brand. The company was formerly known as KION Holding 1 GmbH. KION GROUP AG was founded in 2006 and is based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

About TPI Composites

TPI Composites, Inc. manufactures and sells composite wind blades, and related precision molding and assembly systems to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the United States, Mexico, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and India. It also provides composite solutions for the automotive industry; and field service inspection and repair services comprising diagnostic, repair, and maintenance services for wind blades to OEM customers, and wind farm owners and operators. The company was formerly known as LCSI Holding, Inc. and changed its name to TPI Composites, Inc. in 2008. TPI Composites, Inc. was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.