CSL vs. MMM, DHR, GE, YHGJ, MKL, ITT, IEP, FSS, IAC, and GFF
Should you be buying Carlisle Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carlisle Companies include 3M (MMM), Danaher (DHR), General Electric (GE), Yunhong Green CTI (YHGJ), Markel Group (MKL), ITT (ITT), Icahn Enterprises (IEP), Federal Signal (FSS), IAC (IAC), and Griffon (GFF).
3M (NYSE:MMM) and Carlisle Companies (NYSE:CSL) are both large-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and earnings.
3M pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Carlisle Companies pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. 3M pays out -22.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Carlisle Companies pays out 19.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. 3M has raised its dividend for 67 consecutive years and Carlisle Companies has raised its dividend for 47 consecutive years. 3M is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
3M currently has a consensus price target of $110.36, suggesting a potential upside of 10.81%. Carlisle Companies has a consensus price target of $416.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.71%. Given Carlisle Companies' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe 3M is more favorable than Carlisle Companies.
Carlisle Companies has a net margin of 17.13% compared to Carlisle Companies' net margin of -21.57%. Carlisle Companies' return on equity of 95.80% beat 3M's return on equity.
Carlisle Companies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than 3M. 3M is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carlisle Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
3M has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carlisle Companies has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, 3M had 18 more articles in the media than Carlisle Companies. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for 3M and 5 mentions for Carlisle Companies. 3M's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Carlisle Companies' score of 0.81 indicating that Carlisle Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
65.3% of 3M shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.5% of Carlisle Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of 3M shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Carlisle Companies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
3M received 453 more outperform votes than Carlisle Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.08% of users gave Carlisle Companies an outperform vote while only 59.58% of users gave 3M an outperform vote.
Summary
Carlisle Companies beats 3M on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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