Comparing County Line Energy (OTCMKTS:CYLC) & Columbus McKinnon (NASDAQ:CMCO)

County Line Energy (OTCMKTS:CYLC) and Columbus McKinnon (NASDAQ:CMCO) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.3% of County Line Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Columbus McKinnon shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Columbus McKinnon shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares County Line Energy and Columbus McKinnon’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
County Line Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A
Columbus McKinnon	4.52%	9.50%	4.56%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares County Line Energy and Columbus McKinnon’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
County Line Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Columbus McKinnon	$1.02 billion	0.88	$46.62 million	$1.62	19.26

Columbus McKinnon has higher revenue and earnings than County Line Energy.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for County Line Energy and Columbus McKinnon, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
County Line Energy	0	0	0	0	N/A
Columbus McKinnon	0	0	2	0	3.00

Columbus McKinnon has a consensus price target of $51.50, indicating a potential upside of 65.06%. Given Columbus McKinnon’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Columbus McKinnon is more favorable than County Line Energy.

Summary

Columbus McKinnon beats County Line Energy on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About County Line Energy

County Line Energy Corp., an exploration stage company, primarily engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of oil and gas properties. It focuses on various oil and gas projects located in Hayter region in the east central Alberta area. The company is based in Toronto, Canada.

About Columbus McKinnon

Columbus McKinnon Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets motion solutions for moving, lifting, positioning, and securing materials worldwide. It offers manual, battery, electric, and air hoists; steel, rack, and pinion jacks; winches, hydraulic jacks and tools, trolleys and its clamps, and lifting tables; skates and heavy load moving systems; material handling equipment; mobile, workplace, and jib cranes; crane components and kits; and below-the-hook lifting devices, lifting slings, and lashing systems. The company also provides linear motion products, elevator and mining drives, brakes, radio controls, collision avoidance systems, regenerative drives, AC and DC drive and motor control systems, DC motor and magnet control systems, and conductor bar systems; and underfloor lifting systems, lifting jacks, roof working platforms, hybrid lifting systems, turntables, bogie axle exchange and lifting systems, bogie lift and turn devices, and workshop equipment. In addition, it offers fabric and modular belt, and sanitary, stainless steel conveyors; pallet systems; parts and belts; rotary unions and swivel joints; check valves; accumulation and transfer tables, motion control systems, and steel and flexible chains; hooks, shackles, textile slings, clamps, and load binders; actuators and rotary unions; and push button pendant stations, collision avoidance, and power delivery subsystems. It serves EV production and aerospace, energy and utilities, process industries, industrial automation, construction and infrastructure, food and beverage, entertainment, life sciences, consumer packaged goods, and e-commerce/supply chain/warehousing markets. It offers its products to end users directly, and through distributors, independent crane builders, material handling specialists and integrators, original equipment manufacturers, government agencies, and engineering procurement and construction firms. The company was founded in 1875 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.