ROK vs. XYL, DOV, BALL, AXON, HUBB, TS, FERG, AVY, ZBRA, and IEX
Should you be buying Rockwell Automation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rockwell Automation include Xylem (XYL), Dover (DOV), Ball (BALL), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Hubbell (HUBB), Tenaris (TS), Ferguson (FERG), Avery Dennison (AVY), Zebra Technologies (ZBRA), and IDEX (IEX). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Rockwell Automation (NYSE:ROK) and Xylem (NYSE:XYL) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.
In the previous week, Rockwell Automation had 9 more articles in the media than Xylem. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Rockwell Automation and 14 mentions for Xylem. Xylem's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Rockwell Automation's score of 0.67 indicating that Xylem is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Rockwell Automation currently has a consensus target price of $307.93, suggesting a potential upside of 15.57%. Xylem has a consensus target price of $140.70, suggesting a potential downside of 2.86%. Given Rockwell Automation's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Rockwell Automation is more favorable than Xylem.
Rockwell Automation received 94 more outperform votes than Xylem when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.88% of users gave Xylem an outperform vote while only 55.21% of users gave Rockwell Automation an outperform vote.
Rockwell Automation has higher revenue and earnings than Xylem. Rockwell Automation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Xylem, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
75.8% of Rockwell Automation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Xylem shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Rockwell Automation shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Xylem shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Rockwell Automation pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Xylem pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Rockwell Automation pays out 48.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Xylem pays out 51.2% 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. Rockwell Automation is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Rockwell Automation has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xylem has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Rockwell Automation has a net margin of 13.19% compared to Xylem's net margin of 8.34%. Rockwell Automation's return on equity of 34.83% beat Xylem's return on equity.
Summary
Rockwell Automation beats Xylem on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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