Kronos Advanced Technologies (OTCMKTS:KNOS – Get Rating) and Donaldson (NYSE:DCI – Get Rating) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Kronos Advanced Technologies and Donaldson, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Kronos Advanced Technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| Donaldson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 |
Donaldson has a consensus target price of $63.33, suggesting a potential upside of 3.86%. Given Donaldson’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Donaldson is more favorable than Kronos Advanced Technologies.
Risk and Volatility
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Kronos Advanced Technologies and Donaldson’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Kronos Advanced Technologies | $500,000.00 | 15.03 | -$1.37 million | N/A | N/A |
| Donaldson | $3.42 billion | 2.16 | $332.80 million | $2.88 | 21.17 |
Donaldson has higher revenue and earnings than Kronos Advanced Technologies.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
80.1% of Donaldson shares are held by institutional investors. 14.3% of Kronos Advanced Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Donaldson shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Kronos Advanced Technologies and Donaldson’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Kronos Advanced Technologies | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Donaldson | 10.45% | 32.35% | 14.59% |
Summary
Donaldson beats Kronos Advanced Technologies on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Kronos Advanced Technologies
Kronos Advanced Technologies, Inc. engages in the licensing, manufacturing, and distributing of air movement and purification devices. The company was founded on September 17, 1980 and is headquartered in Lake Oswego, OR.
About Donaldson
Donaldson Co., Inc. engages in the manufacture of filtration systems and replacement parts. It operates through the following segments: Engine Products and Industrial Products. The Engine Products segment includes replacement filters for both air and liquid filtration applications, air filtration systems, liquid filtration systems for fuel, lube and hydraulic applications, and exhaust and emissions systems. The Industrial Products segment consist of dust, fume and mist collectors, compressed air purification systems, air filtration systems for gas turbines, polytetrafluoroethylene membrane-based products, and specialized air and gas filtration systems for applications as well as hard disk drives, and semi-conductor manufacturing. The company was founded by Frank Donaldson in 1915 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.
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