Enpro (NYSE:NPO) and GreenPower Motor (NASDAQ:GP) Financial Contrast
by Tristan Rich · The Markets DailyGreenPower Motor (NASDAQ:GP – Get Free Report) and Enpro (NYSE:NPO – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and earnings.
Volatility and Risk
GreenPower Motor has a beta of 1.85, indicating that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enpro has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares GreenPower Motor and Enpro’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| GreenPower Motor | -24.28% | N/A | -7.44% |
| Enpro | 3.60% | 11.83% | 7.10% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for GreenPower Motor and Enpro, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| GreenPower Motor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
| Enpro | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2.60 |
Enpro has a consensus price target of $358.33, suggesting a potential upside of 34.10%. Given Enpro’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Enpro is more favorable than GreenPower Motor.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares GreenPower Motor and Enpro”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| GreenPower Motor | $16.39 million | 0.04 | -$5.48 million | ($3.40) | -0.43 |
| Enpro | $1.22 billion | 4.62 | $40.50 million | $2.05 | 130.35 |
Enpro has higher revenue and earnings than GreenPower Motor. GreenPower Motor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enpro, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
1.7% of GreenPower Motor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.3% of Enpro shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.1% of GreenPower Motor shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Enpro shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Enpro beats GreenPower Motor on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About GreenPower Motor
GreenPower Motor Company Inc. designs, manufactures, and distributes electric vehicles for commercial markets in the United States and Canada. The company offers commercial vehicles for delivery, public transit, schools, vanpools, micro-transit, shuttles, and other; and passenger, student, low floor transit, and cargo transportation. It leases its vehicles to customers. GreenPower Motor Company Inc. was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
About Enpro
Enpro Inc. design, develops, manufactures, and markets proprietary, value-added products and solutions to safeguard critical environments in the United States, Europe, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Sealing Technologies and Advanced Surface Technologies. The Sealing Technologies segment offers single-use hygienic seals, tubing, components and assemblies; metallic, non-metallic, and composite material gaskets; dynamic seals; compression packing; hydraulic components; expansion joints; and wall penetration products for chemical and petrochemical processing, pulp and paper processing, nuclear energy, hydrogen, natural gas, food and biopharmaceutical processing, primary metal manufacturing, mining, water and waste treatment, commercial vehicle, aerospace, medical, filtration, and semiconductor fabrication industries. The Advanced Surface Technologies segment offers cleaning, coating, testing, refurbishment, and verification services for critical components and assemblies used in semiconductor manufacturing equipment, as well as for critical applications in the space, aerospace, and defense markets; and specialized optical filters and thin-film coatings for various applications in the industrial technology, life sciences, and semiconductor markets. The company was formerly known as EnPro Industries, Inc. and changed its name to Enpro Inc. in December 2023. Enpro Inc. was incorporated in 2002 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.