VMI vs. IEX, SNA, GGG, PNR, NDSN, SWK, LECO, ITT, WWD, and DCI
Should you be buying Valmont Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Valmont Industries include IDEX (IEX), Snap-on (SNA), Graco (GGG), Pentair (PNR), Nordson (NDSN), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), Lincoln Electric (LECO), ITT (ITT), Woodward (WWD), and Donaldson (DCI). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
IDEX (NYSE:IEX) and Valmont Industries (NYSE:VMI) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
98.0% of IDEX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of Valmont Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of IDEX shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Valmont Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
IDEX has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Valmont Industries. IDEX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Valmont Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
IDEX currently has a consensus target price of $250.71, indicating a potential upside of 17.34%. Valmont Industries has a consensus target price of $262.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.82%. Given Valmont Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe IDEX is more favorable than Valmont Industries.
IDEX has a net margin of 17.89% compared to IDEX's net margin of 3.83%. IDEX's return on equity of 22.14% beat Valmont Industries' return on equity.
In the previous week, IDEX had 3 more articles in the media than Valmont Industries. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for IDEX and 4 mentions for Valmont Industries. IDEX's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Valmont Industries' score of 1.46 indicating that Valmont Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
IDEX received 132 more outperform votes than Valmont Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.76% of users gave Valmont Industries an outperform vote while only 58.40% of users gave IDEX an outperform vote.
IDEX pays an annual dividend of $2.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Valmont Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. IDEX pays out 36.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Valmont Industries pays out 31.6% 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. IDEX has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Valmont Industries has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. IDEX is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
IDEX has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valmont Industries has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
IDEX beats Valmont Industries on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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