Critical Comparison: Gorman-Rupp (NYSE:GRC) and Hollund Industrial Marine (OTCMKTS:HIMR)

Gorman-Rupp (NYSE:GRC) and Hollund Industrial Marine (OTCMKTS:HIMR) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Gorman-Rupp and Hollund Industrial Marine, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gorman-Rupp	0	0	1	0	3.00
Hollund Industrial Marine	0	0	0	0	0.00

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Gorman-Rupp and Hollund Industrial Marine”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gorman-Rupp	$682.39 million	2.64	$53.02 million	$2.01	34.10
Hollund Industrial Marine	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Gorman-Rupp has higher revenue and earnings than Hollund Industrial Marine.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

59.3% of Gorman-Rupp shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.6% of Gorman-Rupp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of Hollund Industrial Marine 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.

Profitability

This table compares Gorman-Rupp and Hollund Industrial Marine’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gorman-Rupp	7.77%	14.06%	6.52%
Hollund Industrial Marine	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Gorman-Rupp beats Hollund Industrial Marine on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Gorman-Rupp

The Gorman-Rupp Company designs, manufactures, and sells pumps and pump systems in the United States and internationally. The company’s products include self-priming centrifugal, standard centrifugal, magnetic drive centrifugal, axial and mixed flow, vertical turbine line shaft, submersible, high-pressure booster, rotary gear, diaphragm, bellows, and oscillating pumps. Its products are used in water, wastewater, construction, dewatering, industrial, petroleum, original equipment, agriculture, fire suppression, heating, ventilating and air conditioning, military, and other liquid-handling applications. The company markets its products through a network of distributors, manufacturers’ representatives, third-party distributor catalogs, direct sales, and e-commerce. The Gorman-Rupp Company was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Mansfield, Ohio.

About Hollund Industrial Marine

Hollund Industrial Marine, Inc., a development stage company, provides integrated project development services and solutions primarily for the underwater forest management. The company’s integrated project development services comprise resource and needs assessment, permitting, environmental and project planning, logging, milling, product branding, marketing, and sales. It also provides Tiger-Lynk machine system, a robot manipulator for heavy construction and repair, forest recovery, mining, flood emergency response, diver assistance, cutting, drilling, grappling, welding, dredging, raking, heavy transport, and other remote services. The company was formerly known as Hollund Industrial, Inc. and changed its name to Hollund Industrial Marine, Inc. in July 2008. Hollund Industrial Marine, Inc. is headquartered in Blaine, Washington.