We are contrasting GrafTech International Ltd. (NYSE:EAF) and The Gorman-Rupp Company (NYSE:GRC) on their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, earnings and valuation. They both are Diversified Machinery companies, competing one another.

Earnings & Valuation

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
GrafTech International Ltd.	1.90B	2.02	853.89M	2.57	4.92
The Gorman-Rupp Company	414.33M	2.08	39.98M	1.49	22.85

In table 1 we can see GrafTech International Ltd. and The Gorman-Rupp Company’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation. The Gorman-Rupp Company is observed to has lower revenue and earnings than GrafTech International Ltd. The business that Presently has a lower P/E ratio is considered the more affordable of the two businesses. GrafTech International Ltd.’s presently lower P/E ratio means it is more affordable than The Gorman-Rupp Company.

Profitability

Table 2 has GrafTech International Ltd. and The Gorman-Rupp Company’s return on assets, net margins and return on equity.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GrafTech International Ltd.	44.94%	-160.8%	47.4%
The Gorman-Rupp Company	9.65%	11.4%	9.4%

Liquidity

The Current Ratio and a Quick Ratio of GrafTech International Ltd. are 2.2 and 1.3. Competitively, The Gorman-Rupp Company has 4.8 and 3.3 for Current and Quick Ratio. The Gorman-Rupp Company’s better ability to pay short and long-term obligations than GrafTech International Ltd.

Dividends

$0.23 per share with a dividend yield of 1.78% is the annual dividend that GrafTech International Ltd. pay. Meanwhile, The Gorman-Rupp Company’s annual dividend is $0.5 per share and it also boasts of a 1.48% dividend yield.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

Roughly 0% of GrafTech International Ltd. shares are owned by institutional investors while 55.6% of The Gorman-Rupp Company are owned by institutional investors. Insiders Competitively, owned 0.4% of The Gorman-Rupp Company shares.

Performance

Here are the Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Half Yearly, Yearly and YTD Performance of both pretenders.

	Performance (W)	Performance (M)	Performance (Q)	Performance (HY)	Performance (Y)	Performance (YTD)
GrafTech International Ltd.	-16.06%	-24.21%	-22.93%	-34.08%	0%	-8.16%
The Gorman-Rupp Company	1.34%	0.88%	0.31%	8.13%	14.65%	15.16%

For the past year GrafTech International Ltd. had bearish trend while The Gorman-Rupp Company had bullish trend.

GrafTech International Ltd. researches, develops, manufactures, and sells synthetic and natural graphite and carbon based products worldwide. It offers graphite electrodes, which are components of the conductive power systems used to produce steel and non-ferrous metals; and petroleum needle coke, a crystalline form of carbon used in the production of graphite electrodes. The company sells its products primarily through direct sales force, independent sales representatives, and distributors. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Independence, Ohio. GrafTech International Ltd. is a subsidiary of BCP IV GrafTech Holdings LP.

The Gorman-Rupp Company designs, manufactures, and sells pumps and pump systems worldwide. The companyÂ’s products include self-priming centrifugal, standard centrifugal, magnetic drive centrifugal, axial and mixed flow, vertical turbine line shaft, submersible, high pressure booster, rotary gear, diaphragm, bellow, and oscillating pumps. Its products are used in water, wastewater, construction, dewatering, industrial, petroleum, original equipment, agriculture, fire protection, military, and other liquid-handling applications, as well as in heating, ventilating, and air conditioning applications. The company markets its products through a network of distributors, manufacturersÂ’ representatives, third-party distributor catalogs, and direct sales. The Gorman-Rupp Company was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Mansfield, Ohio.