nVent Electric (NVT) Competitors

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) and nVent Electric (NYSE:NVT) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and earnings.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PNR or NVT?

92.4% of Pentair shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.1% of nVent Electric shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Pentair shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of nVent Electric shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is PNR or NVT a better dividend stock?

Pentair pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. nVent Electric pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Pentair pays out 24.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. nVent Electric pays out 22.2% 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. Pentair has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years and nVent Electric has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Pentair is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts recommend PNR or NVT?

Pentair presently has a consensus target price of $89.93, indicating a potential upside of 15.97%. nVent Electric has a consensus target price of $89.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.67%. Given nVent Electric's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Pentair is more favorable than nVent Electric.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pentair	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
nVent Electric	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Which has more volatility and risk, PNR or NVT?

Pentair has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, nVent Electric has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer PNR or NVT?

In the previous week, nVent Electric had 6 more articles in the media than Pentair. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for nVent Electric and 9 mentions for Pentair. nVent Electric's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Pentair's score of 1.04 indicating that Pentair is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pentair	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
nVent Electric	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings & valuation, PNR or NVT?

Pentair has higher revenue and earnings than nVent Electric. Pentair is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than nVent Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pentair	$4.10B	3.14	$622.70M	$3.76	20.63
nVent Electric	$3.26B	3.91	$567.10M	$3.43	22.43

Is PNR or NVT more profitable?

nVent Electric has a net margin of 17.02% compared to nVent Electric's net margin of 15.30%. nVent Electric's return on equity of 20.16% beat Pentair's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pentair	15.30%	20.16%	9.62%
nVent Electric	17.02%	17.47%	8.80%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PNR or NVT?

Pentair received 450 more outperform votes than nVent Electric when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.31% of users gave nVent Electric an outperform vote while only 56.50% of users gave Pentair an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pentair	Outperform Votes 626 56.50%	Underperform Votes 482 43.50%
nVent Electric	Outperform Votes 176 63.31%	Underperform Votes 102 36.69%

Summary

Pentair beats nVent Electric on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.