Graco (NYSE:GGG) & Hollund Industrial Marine (OTCMKTS:HIMR) Head-To-Head Contrast

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Graco and Hollund Industrial Marine, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Graco	0	2	3	0	2.60
Hollund Industrial Marine	0	0	0	0	0.00

Graco presently has a consensus price target of $94.50, suggesting a potential upside of 11.86%. Given Graco’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Graco is more favorable than Hollund Industrial Marine.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Graco and Hollund Industrial Marine”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Graco	$2.11 billion	6.62	$486.08 million	$2.82	29.96
Hollund Industrial Marine	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Graco has higher revenue and earnings than Hollund Industrial Marine.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

93.9% of Graco shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Graco shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of Hollund Industrial Marine shares are held by company 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.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Graco	22.26%	19.05%	15.77%
Hollund Industrial Marine	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Graco beats Hollund Industrial Marine on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Graco

Graco Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets systems and equipment used to move, measure, control, dispense, and spray fluid and powder materials worldwide. The Contractor segment offers sprayers to apply paint to walls and other structures; two-component proportioning systems that are used to spray polyurethane foam and polyurea coatings; and viscous coatings to roofs, as well as markings on roads, parking lots, athletic fields, and floors. The Industrial segment provides liquid finishing equipment, paint circulating and supply pumps, paint circulating advanced control systems, plural component coating proportioners, and accessories and spare parts; equipment that pumps, meters, mixes and dispenses sealant, adhesive, and composite materials; and gel-coat equipment, chop and wet-out systems, resin transfer molding systems and applicators, and precision dispensing solutions. It also offers powder finishing products to coat powder finishing on metals under the Gema and SAT brands. The Process segment provides pumps to move and dispense chemicals, water, wastewater, petroleum, food, lubricants, and other fluids; pressure valves used in the oil and natural gas industry, other industrial processes, and research facilities; and chemical injection pumping solutions for injection of chemicals into producing oil wells and pipelines. It also supplies pumps, hose reels, meters, valves, and accessories for fast oil change facilities, service garages, fleet service centers, automobile dealerships, auto parts stores, truck builders, and heavy equipment service centers; and systems, components, and accessories for the automatic lubrication of bearings, gears, and generators in industrial and commercial equipment, compressors, turbines, and on- and off-road vehicles. It sells its products through distributors, original equipment manufacturers, and home center channels, as well as to end-users. The company was incorporated in 1926 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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.