Thermon Group (NYSE:THR – Get Free Report) and Amprius Technologies (NYSE:AMPX – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and risk.
Risk & Volatility
Thermon Group has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amprius Technologies has a beta of 2.33, indicating that its share price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Thermon Group and Amprius Technologies”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Thermon Group | $536.26 million | 3.76 | $44.57 million | $1.34 | 45.63 |
| Amprius Technologies | $73.01 million | 18.53 | -$44.02 million | ($0.29) | -32.94 |
Thermon Group has higher revenue and earnings than Amprius Technologies. Amprius Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Thermon Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
99.8% of Thermon Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.0% of Amprius Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Thermon Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Amprius Technologies 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.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Thermon Group and Amprius Technologies, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Thermon Group | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Amprius Technologies | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2.82 |
Thermon Group currently has a consensus price target of $57.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.77%. Amprius Technologies has a consensus price target of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 140.76%. Given Amprius Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Amprius Technologies is more favorable than Thermon Group.
Profitability
This table compares Thermon Group and Amprius Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Thermon Group | 8.31% | 13.42% | 8.84% |
| Amprius Technologies | -35.16% | -12.63% | -9.41% |
Summary
Thermon Group beats Amprius Technologies on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Thermon Group
Thermon Group Holdings, Inc. provides engineered industrial process heating solutions for process industries in the United States and Latin America, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. It offers heat tracing products, such as electric heat tracing cables, steam heating solutions, controls, monitoring and software, instrumentation, project services, industrial heating and filtration solutions, temporary electrical power distribution and lighting, and other products and services. The company also provides controls, monitoring, and software systems for the control and management of a heat trace system; environmental heating solutions under the Ruffneck, Norsemen, and Catadyne brands; process heating solutions under the Caloritech brand name; filtration solutions under the 3L Filters brand; rail and transit solutions under the Hellfire, Velocity, ArcticSense, and other brand names; and boilers under the Vapor Power, Precision Boilers, and Caloritech brands. In addition, it offers project services; transportation heating products, including track and switch heaters, accessories, control panels, rail heaters, gas blower accessories, and air curtains; transit heaters; and velocity heat products. Further, the company offers temporary power solutions; heating systems, such as engineered electric heat, explosion proof gas catalytic heaters, heaters for harshest environments, methane abatement, and engineered filtration system; electrically, steam, and fluid heated tubing bundles; and pre-insulated tubing and system accessories tubing bundles. It serves chemical and petrochemical, oil and gas, power generation, rail and transit, commercial, energy transition/decarbonization, mining and mineral processing, maritime/shipbuilding, semiconductors, pharmaceutical and biotechnology, food and beverage, data centers, and renewables industries through a network of sales and service professionals, and distributors. Thermon Group Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
About Amprius Technologies
Amprius Technologies, Inc. produces and sells ultra-high energy density lithium-ion batteries for mobility applications. The company offers silicon nanowire anode batteries. Its batteries are primarily used for existing and emerging aviation applications, including unmanned aerial systems, such as drones and high-altitude pseudo satellites. The company was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Fremont, California.
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