Reviewing Crawford United (OTCMKTS:CRAWA) & FLSmidth & Co. A/S (OTCMKTS:FLIDY)

FLSmidth & Co. A/S (OTCMKTS:FLIDY) and Crawford United (OTCMKTS:CRAWA) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.1% of Crawford United shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.9% of Crawford United shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for FLSmidth & Co. A/S and Crawford United, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FLSmidth & Co. A/S	0	2	0	1	2.67
Crawford United	0	0	0	0	0.00

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares FLSmidth & Co. A/S and Crawford United”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FLSmidth & Co. A/S	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.74	10.44
Crawford United	$150.20 million	1.95	$13.60 million	$4.95	16.65

Crawford United has higher revenue and earnings than FLSmidth & Co. A/S. FLSmidth & Co. A/S is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crawford United, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares FLSmidth & Co. A/S and Crawford United’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FLSmidth & Co. A/S	N/A	N/A	N/A
Crawford United	10.08%	22.40%	13.94%

Summary

Crawford United beats FLSmidth & Co. A/S on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About FLSmidth & Co. A/S

FLSmidth & Co. A/S provides flowsheet technology and service solutions for the mining and cement industries in North America, South America, Europe, North and Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, Central and South Asia, the Asia Pacific, and Australia. It operates in three segments: Mining, Cement, and Non-Core Activities. The company provides mining equipment, accessories, spare parts, and wear parts for use in centrifugation and classification; conveying; crushing and sizing; filtration; flotation and attrition; hydromet; material handling; milling and grinding; mine shaft systems; precious metals recovery; process control and optimisation; pyromet; sampling, preparation and analysis; screening; slurry pumping; thickening and clarifying; and wear solutions. It offers online mining equipment and process training courses; mining service centers; testing and research services; and operational services, including PerformanceIQ, online condition monitoring, precious metals, gravity concentrator, asset health, and mine planning services, as well as operating procedure audits, liner profiling and scanning, technical advisory, electrical and automation audits, and upgrades and rebuilds. The company sells its products under the ABON, AIRLOQ, AIRTECH, BUFFALO, Dorr-Oliver, EXCEL, Fuller, KREBS, MAAG GEAR, PFISTER, and VENTOMATIC brands. It serves the aggregates, cement, chemical, food and pharmaceuticals, mining, oil and gas refining, port and terminals, power utilities, pulp and paper, steel, waste to energy, and water treatment industries. The company was formerly known as FLS Industries and changed its name to FLSmidth & Co. A/S in January 2005. FLSmidth & Co. A/S was founded in 1882 and is headquartered in Valby, Denmark.

About Crawford United

Crawford United Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides specialty industrial products in the United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Canada, and internationally. It operates through two segments: Commercial Air Handling Equipment; and Industrial and Transportation Products. The Commercial Air Handling segment designs, manufactures, and installs large-scale commercial, institutional, and industrial custom air handling solutions to health care, education, pharmaceutical, and industrial manufacturing markets under the FactoryBilt and SiteBilt brand names. The Industrial and Transportation Products segment is involved in the manufacture of flexible interlocking metal hoses primarily to heavy-duty truck manufacturers and aftermarket suppliers, as well as to the agricultural, industrial, and petrochemical markets; and distribution of silicone and hydraulic hoses to the agriculture and general industrial markets. It also provides engineering, machining, grinding, welding, brazing, heat treat, and assembly solutions; rubber and plastic marine hose for the recreational boating industry; engineered manufacturing solutions, including CNC machining, anodizing, electro polishing, and laser marking for defense, aerospace, and medical device markets; and hydraulic hoses, air tank assemblies, and related products to manufacturers of firefighting trucks and other emergency vehicles. In addition, the company engages in the supply of highly engineered forgings for the aerospace, industrial gas turbine, medical prosthetics, alternative energy, petrochemical, and defense industries; and developing and commercializing marketing and data analytic technology applications. The company was formerly known as Hickok Incorporated and changed its name to Crawford United Corporation in May 2019. Crawford United Corporation was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.