BRC vs. HI, MWA, ESE, JBT, AIN, GEF, UNF, CSTM, REZI, and ATS
Should you be buying Brady stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brady include Hillenbrand (HI), Mueller Water Products (MWA), ESCO Technologies (ESE), John Bean Technologies (JBT), Albany International (AIN), Greif (GEF), UniFirst (UNF), Constellium (CSTM), Resideo Technologies (REZI), and ATS (ATS). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Brady (NYSE:BRC) and Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Brady pays an annual dividend of $0.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Hillenbrand pays an annual dividend of $0.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Brady pays out 24.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hillenbrand pays out 73.6% 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.
76.3% of Brady shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Hillenbrand shares are held by institutional investors. 15.6% of Brady shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Hillenbrand shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Brady received 91 more outperform votes than Hillenbrand when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.55% of users gave Brady an outperform vote while only 57.11% of users gave Hillenbrand an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Brady had 51 more articles in the media than Hillenbrand. MarketBeat recorded 56 mentions for Brady and 5 mentions for Hillenbrand. Hillenbrand's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Brady's score of 0.24 indicating that Hillenbrand is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hillenbrand has higher revenue and earnings than Brady. Brady is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hillenbrand, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Brady currently has a consensus price target of $65.00, indicating a potential downside of 4.86%. Hillenbrand has a consensus price target of $61.00, indicating a potential upside of 38.45%. Given Hillenbrand's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hillenbrand is more favorable than Brady.
Brady has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hillenbrand has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Brady has a net margin of 14.22% compared to Hillenbrand's net margin of 2.79%. Brady's return on equity of 19.61% beat Hillenbrand's return on equity.
Summary
Brady beats Hillenbrand on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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