FELE vs. GNRC, AMSC, RRX, SEE, WIRE, SLGN, VMI, MSM, TEX, and VRRM
Should you be buying Franklin Electric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Franklin Electric include Generac (GNRC), American Superconductor (AMSC), Regal Rexnord (RRX), Sealed Air (SEE), Encore Wire (WIRE), Silgan (SLGN), Valmont Industries (VMI), MSC Industrial Direct (MSM), Terex (TEX), and Verra Mobility (VRRM).
Franklin Electric (NASDAQ:FELE) and Generac (NYSE:GNRC) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends and community ranking.
Generac received 182 more outperform votes than Franklin Electric when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.21% of users gave Generac an outperform vote while only 55.47% of users gave Franklin Electric an outperform vote.
Franklin Electric has a net margin of 9.36% compared to Generac's net margin of 5.33%. Franklin Electric's return on equity of 16.67% beat Generac's return on equity.
Franklin Electric currently has a consensus target price of $100.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.48%. Generac has a consensus target price of $141.65, suggesting a potential upside of 10.98%. Given Generac's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Generac is more favorable than Franklin Electric.
80.0% of Franklin Electric shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of Generac shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Franklin Electric shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Generac shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Franklin Electric has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Generac has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Generac has higher revenue and earnings than Franklin Electric. Franklin Electric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Generac, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Franklin Electric and Franklin Electric both had 17 articles in the media. Generac's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Franklin Electric's score of -0.11 indicating that Generac is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Generac beats Franklin Electric on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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