RRX vs. NDSN, ESAB, ATS, CCK, ALLE, ATR, GPK, AOS, LECO, and AA
Should you be buying Regal Rexnord stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Regal Rexnord include Nordson (NDSN), ESAB (ESAB), ATS (ATS), Crown (CCK), Allegion (ALLE), AptarGroup (ATR), Graphic Packaging (GPK), A. O. Smith (AOS), Lincoln Electric (LECO), and Alcoa (AA). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Regal Rexnord (NYSE:RRX) and Nordson (NASDAQ:NDSN) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and earnings.
Nordson has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Regal Rexnord. Regal Rexnord is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nordson, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Nordson had 32 more articles in the media than Regal Rexnord. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Nordson and 12 mentions for Regal Rexnord. Nordson's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Regal Rexnord's score of 0.19 indicating that Nordson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Regal Rexnord pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Nordson pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Regal Rexnord pays out -291.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nordson pays out 32.4% 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.
Nordson has a net margin of 18.23% compared to Regal Rexnord's net margin of -0.48%. Nordson's return on equity of 20.20% beat Regal Rexnord's return on equity.
Regal Rexnord currently has a consensus target price of $195.60, suggesting a potential upside of 31.95%. Nordson has a consensus target price of $277.83, suggesting a potential upside of 18.06%. Given Regal Rexnord's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Regal Rexnord is more favorable than Nordson.
Nordson received 420 more outperform votes than Regal Rexnord when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.51% of users gave Nordson an outperform vote while only 52.73% of users gave Regal Rexnord an outperform vote.
99.7% of Regal Rexnord shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.1% of Nordson shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Regal Rexnord shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Nordson shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Regal Rexnord has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nordson has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Summary
Nordson beats Regal Rexnord on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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