ROP vs. ETN, EMR, AME, ROK, ENPH, GNRC, AYI, WIRE, FELE, and ENS
Should you be buying Roper Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Roper Technologies include Eaton (ETN), Emerson Electric (EMR), AMETEK (AME), Rockwell Automation (ROK), Enphase Energy (ENPH), Generac (GNRC), Acuity Brands (AYI), Encore Wire (WIRE), Franklin Electric (FELE), and EnerSys (ENS). These companies are all part of the "electrical components & equipment" industry.
Eaton (NYSE:ETN) and Roper Technologies (NYSE:ROP) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends and community ranking.
Eaton has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Roper Technologies has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Roper Technologies has a net margin of 23.21% compared to Roper Technologies' net margin of 14.38%. Roper Technologies' return on equity of 20.69% beat Eaton's return on equity.
Eaton has higher revenue and earnings than Roper Technologies. Eaton is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Roper Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Eaton received 351 more outperform votes than Roper Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.59% of users gave Eaton an outperform vote while only 65.24% of users gave Roper Technologies an outperform vote.
Eaton presently has a consensus target price of $314.27, indicating a potential upside of 0.16%. Roper Technologies has a consensus target price of $584.82, indicating a potential upside of 5.22%. Given Eaton's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Roper Technologies is more favorable than Eaton.
83.0% of Eaton shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of Roper Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Eaton shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Roper Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Eaton pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Roper Technologies pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Eaton pays out 44.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Roper Technologies pays out 21.8% 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. Eaton has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Roper Technologies has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Eaton is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Eaton had 7 more articles in the media than Roper Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Eaton and 9 mentions for Roper Technologies. Eaton's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Roper Technologies' score of 1.15 indicating that Roper Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Eaton and Roper Technologies tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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