AMCR vs. BRC, HI, ARRY, ODC, DAKT, AGS, VTSI, DOGZ, MWG, and SHPW
Should you be buying Amcor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amcor include Brady (BRC), Hillenbrand (HI), Array Technologies (ARRY), Oil-Dri Co. of America (ODC), Daktronics (DAKT), PlayAGS (AGS), VirTra (VTSI), Dogness (International) (DOGZ), Multi Ways (MWG), and Shapeways (SHPW). These companies are all part of the "miscellaneous manufacturing industries" industry.
Amcor (NYSE:AMCR) and Brady (NYSE:BRC) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
Amcor has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brady has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Brady received 305 more outperform votes than Amcor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.55% of users gave Brady an outperform vote while only 52.94% of users gave Amcor an outperform vote.
45.1% of Amcor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of Brady shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Amcor shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.6% of Brady shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Brady has a net margin of 14.22% compared to Amcor's net margin of 4.75%. Amcor's return on equity of 24.66% beat Brady's return on equity.
Amcor pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Brady pays an annual dividend of $0.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Amcor pays out 111.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brady pays out 24.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Amcor currently has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.10%. Brady has a consensus price target of $65.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.11%. Given Amcor's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Amcor is more favorable than Brady.
In the previous week, Amcor had 1 more articles in the media than Brady. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Amcor and 3 mentions for Brady. Brady's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Amcor's score of 1.27 indicating that Brady is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Amcor has higher revenue and earnings than Brady. Brady is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amcor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Brady beats Amcor on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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