AYI vs. ROK, ENPH, GNRC, WIRE, FELE, ENS, BDC, BRC, POWL, and VICR
Should you be buying Acuity Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Acuity Brands include Rockwell Automation (ROK), Enphase Energy (ENPH), Generac (GNRC), Encore Wire (WIRE), Franklin Electric (FELE), EnerSys (ENS), Belden (BDC), Brady (BRC), Powell Industries (POWL), and Vicor (VICR). These companies are all part of the "electrical components & equipment" industry.
Acuity Brands (NYSE:AYI) and Rockwell Automation (NYSE:ROK) are both construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.
Acuity Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Rockwell Automation pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Acuity Brands pays out 5.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rockwell Automation pays out 48.9% 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.
98.2% of Acuity Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.8% of Rockwell Automation shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Acuity Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Rockwell Automation shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Rockwell Automation had 23 more articles in the media than Acuity Brands. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Rockwell Automation and 4 mentions for Acuity Brands. Acuity Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Rockwell Automation's score of 0.52 indicating that Acuity Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Acuity Brands received 93 more outperform votes than Rockwell Automation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.16% of users gave Acuity Brands an outperform vote while only 55.16% of users gave Rockwell Automation an outperform vote.
Acuity Brands presently has a consensus price target of $289.25, suggesting a potential upside of 14.80%. Rockwell Automation has a consensus price target of $307.21, suggesting a potential upside of 20.20%. Given Rockwell Automation's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Rockwell Automation is more favorable than Acuity Brands.
Acuity Brands has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rockwell Automation has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Rockwell Automation has higher revenue and earnings than Acuity Brands. Acuity Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rockwell Automation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Rockwell Automation has a net margin of 13.19% compared to Acuity Brands' net margin of 9.81%. Rockwell Automation's return on equity of 34.83% beat Acuity Brands' return on equity.
Summary
Acuity Brands and Rockwell Automation tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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