Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE:SWK) and Ebang International (NASDAQ:EBON) Head-To-Head Review

Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE:SWK) and Ebang International (NASDAQ:EBON) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Risk & Volatility

Stanley Black & Decker has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ebang International has a beta of 1.97, indicating that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Stanley Black & Decker and Ebang International”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Stanley Black & Decker	$15.16 billion	0.79	$286.30 million	$3.15	24.62
Ebang International	$5.87 million	N/A	-$20.25 million	N/A	N/A

Stanley Black & Decker has higher revenue and earnings than Ebang International.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Stanley Black & Decker and Ebang International, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Stanley Black & Decker	1	5	5	0	2.36
Ebang International	0	0	0	0	0.00

Stanley Black & Decker presently has a consensus target price of $89.40, suggesting a potential upside of 15.26%. Given Stanley Black & Decker’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Stanley Black & Decker is more favorable than Ebang International.

Profitability

This table compares Stanley Black & Decker and Ebang International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Stanley Black & Decker	3.15%	7.76%	3.08%
Ebang International	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional & Insider Ownership

87.8% of Stanley Black & Decker shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.2% of Ebang International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Stanley Black & Decker shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 25.4% of Ebang International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Stanley Black & Decker beats Ebang International on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Stanley Black & Decker

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. engages in the provision of power and hand tools, and related accessories, products, services and equipment for oil and gas, infrastructure applications, commercial electronic security and monitoring systems, healthcare solutions, and mechanical access solutions. It operates through the Tools and Outdoor and Industrial segments. The Tools and Outdoor segment refers to power tools, hand tools, accessories and storage, and outdoor power equipment product lines. The Industrial segment includes the engineered fastening and infrastructure businesses. The company was founded by Frederick T. Stanley in 1843 and is headquartered in New Britain, CT.

About Ebang International

Ebang International Holdings Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the research, design, and development of application-specific integrated circuit chips and manufacture of Bitcoin mining machines under the Ebit brand in Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, the Bahamas, and internationally. It also provides mining machine hosting services; and engages in the development of proprietary cryptocurrency exchange platform. In addition, the company offers fiber-optic communication access devices, including multiprotocol label switching fiber-optic access network devices, multi-service access platform integrated business access devices, and wavelength-division multiplexing fiber-optic devices; and enterprise convergent terminal products, which consists gigabit passive optical network, Fiber to the Room products, passive optical network converged gateways, enterprise cloud gateway devices, industrial Internet of Things access devices, and business enterprise smart wireless access devices. It serves the blockchain and telecommunications industries. The company also operates a cross-border payment and foreign exchange platform. It sells its blockchain products directly, as well as through its website; and telecommunication products under the EBANG brand name primarily through supplier contracts. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Hangzhou, China.