VMI vs. IEX, SNA, GGG, NDSN, PNR, SWK, WWD, LECO, ITT, and DCI
Should you be buying Valmont Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Valmont Industries include IDEX (IEX), Snap-on (SNA), Graco (GGG), Nordson (NDSN), Pentair (PNR), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), Woodward (WWD), Lincoln Electric (LECO), ITT (ITT), and Donaldson (DCI). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Valmont Industries (NYSE:VMI) and IDEX (NYSE:IEX) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
IDEX received 132 more outperform votes than Valmont Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.64% of users gave Valmont Industries an outperform vote while only 58.40% of users gave IDEX an outperform vote.
In the previous week, IDEX had 3 more articles in the media than Valmont Industries. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for IDEX and 4 mentions for Valmont Industries. IDEX's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Valmont Industries' score of 1.46 indicating that IDEX is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Valmont Industries has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IDEX has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Valmont Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. IDEX pays an annual dividend of $2.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Valmont Industries pays out 31.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IDEX pays out 36.3% 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.
Valmont Industries presently has a consensus price target of $262.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.26%. IDEX has a consensus price target of $250.71, indicating a potential upside of 24.25%. Given IDEX's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe IDEX is more favorable than Valmont Industries.
IDEX has a net margin of 17.89% compared to Valmont Industries' net margin of 3.83%. Valmont Industries' return on equity of 22.14% beat IDEX's return on equity.
IDEX has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Valmont Industries. IDEX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Valmont Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
87.8% of Valmont Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of IDEX shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Valmont Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of IDEX shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
IDEX beats Valmont Industries on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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