Head-To-Head Survey: Tennant (NYSE:TNC) versus BrewBilt Manufacturing (OTCMKTS:BBRW)

Tennant (NYSE:TNC) and BrewBilt Manufacturing (OTCMKTS:BBRW) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, profitability and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Tennant and BrewBilt Manufacturing, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tennant	0	2	2	0	2.50
BrewBilt Manufacturing	0	0	0	0	0.00

Tennant currently has a consensus target price of $113.50, suggesting a potential upside of 55.20%. Given Tennant’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Tennant is more favorable than BrewBilt Manufacturing.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

93.3% of Tennant shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Tennant shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Tennant has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BrewBilt Manufacturing has a beta of 2.42, indicating that its stock price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Tennant and BrewBilt Manufacturing”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tennant	$1.24 billion	1.07	$83.70 million	$2.92	25.04
BrewBilt Manufacturing	$1.44 million	0.00	-$7.49 million	($0.24)	N/A

Tennant has higher revenue and earnings than BrewBilt Manufacturing. BrewBilt Manufacturing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tennant, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Tennant and BrewBilt Manufacturing’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tennant	4.84%	16.41%	8.67%
BrewBilt Manufacturing	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Tennant beats BrewBilt Manufacturing on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Tennant

Tennant Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and markets floor cleaning equipment in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company offers a suite of products, including floor maintenance and cleaning equipment, detergent-free and other sustainable cleaning technologies, aftermarket parts and consumables, equipment maintenance and repair services, and asset management solutions. It provides business solutions, such as financing, rental, and leasing programs, as well as machine-to-machine asset management solutions. The company offers its products under the Tennant, Nobles, Alfa Uma Empresa Tennant, IPC, Gaomei, and Rongen brands, as well as private-label brands. Its products are used in retail establishments and distribution centers; factories and warehouses; and public venues, such as arenas and stadiums, office buildings, schools and universities, hospitals and clinics, and other environments. The company markets its products to contract cleaners and businesses through direct sales and service organizations, as well as through a network of authorized distributors. Tennant Company was founded in 1870 and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

About BrewBilt Manufacturing

BrewBilt Manufacturing Inc. custom designs, hand crafts, and integrates brewing, fermentation, and distillation processing systems for the craft beer industry in California. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Grass Valley, California.