JBT vs. LECO, ITT, WWD, DCI, RBC, CR, WTS, MLI, MIDD, and FLS
Should you be buying John Bean Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of John Bean Technologies include Lincoln Electric (LECO), ITT (ITT), Woodward (WWD), Donaldson (DCI), RBC Bearings (RBC), Crane (CR), Watts Water Technologies (WTS), Mueller Industries (MLI), Middleby (MIDD), and Flowserve (FLS). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
John Bean Technologies (NYSE:JBT) and Lincoln Electric (NASDAQ:LECO) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.
John Bean Technologies has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lincoln Electric has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
John Bean Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $121.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.49%. Lincoln Electric has a consensus price target of $225.29, indicating a potential upside of 11.27%. Given John Bean Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe John Bean Technologies is more favorable than Lincoln Electric.
98.9% of John Bean Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.6% of Lincoln Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of John Bean Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Lincoln Electric shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
John Bean Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Lincoln Electric pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. John Bean Technologies pays out 2.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lincoln Electric pays out 30.1% 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.
In the previous week, Lincoln Electric had 5 more articles in the media than John Bean Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Lincoln Electric and 13 mentions for John Bean Technologies. John Bean Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Lincoln Electric's score of 0.23 indicating that John Bean Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
John Bean Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lincoln Electric. John Bean Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lincoln Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
John Bean Technologies has a net margin of 36.12% compared to Lincoln Electric's net margin of 13.23%. Lincoln Electric's return on equity of 43.81% beat John Bean Technologies' return on equity.
Lincoln Electric received 105 more outperform votes than John Bean Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.62% of users gave John Bean Technologies an outperform vote while only 59.68% of users gave Lincoln Electric an outperform vote.
Summary
John Bean Technologies and Lincoln Electric tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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