Scope Industries (OTCMKTS:SCPJ) and Atmus Filtration Technologies (NYSE:ATMU) Head to Head Review

Atmus Filtration Technologies (NYSE:ATMU) and Scope Industries (OTCMKTS:SCPJ) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares Atmus Filtration Technologies and Scope Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Atmus Filtration Technologies	11.57%	76.84%	17.36%
Scope Industries	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Atmus Filtration Technologies and Scope Industries, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Atmus Filtration Technologies	0	2	3	0	2.60
Scope Industries	0	0	0	0	0.00

Atmus Filtration Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $49.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.18%. Given Atmus Filtration Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Atmus Filtration Technologies is more favorable than Scope Industries.

Volatility & Risk

Atmus Filtration Technologies has a beta of 1.62, indicating that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Scope Industries has a beta of -0.42, indicating that its share price is 142% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

32.7% of Atmus Filtration Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Atmus Filtration Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 68.1% of Scope Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Atmus Filtration Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Scope Industries pays an annual dividend of $10.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Atmus Filtration Technologies pays out 9.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Atmus Filtration Technologies and Scope Industries”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Atmus Filtration Technologies	$1.67 billion	2.47	$185.60 million	$2.40	21.09
Scope Industries	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Atmus Filtration Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Scope Industries.

Summary

Atmus Filtration Technologies beats Scope Industries on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Atmus Filtration Technologies

Atmus Filtration Technologies Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells filtration products under the Fleetguard brand name in North America, Europe, South America, Asia, Australia, Africa, and internationally. The company offers fuel filters, lube filters, air filters, crankcase ventilation, hydraulic filters, coolants, and fuel additives, as well as other chemicals; and fuel water separators and other filtration systems to original equipment manufacturers, dealers/distributors, and end-users. Its products are used in on-highway commercial vehicles and off-highway agriculture, construction, mining, and power generation vehicles and equipment. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.

About Scope Industries

Scope Industries offers waste material recycling services in the United States. It operates plants for the collection and processing of bakery waste materials into a food supplement for animals. The company sells this food supplement to poultry farms, dairies, feed lots, and pet food manufacturers. Scope Industries also owns and operates a plant in Vernon, California, where certain bakery waste material is processed and converted into edible breadcrumbs for human consumption. The company's customers include prepackaged and restaurant supply food processors. Scope Industries was organized in 1938 and its principal executive offices are located in Santa Monica, California. Scope Industries sold all of the outstanding shares of its wholly owned subsidiary, Scope Beauty Enterprises, Inc., doing business as Marinello Schools of Beauty, to B & H Education, Inc. in March 2004.