AMCR vs. CNHI, GGG, PNR, NDSN, SWK, PKG, LECO, ZBRA, AOS, and IEX
Should you be buying Amcor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amcor include CNH Industrial (CNHI), Graco (GGG), Pentair (PNR), Nordson (NDSN), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), Packaging Co. of America (PKG), Lincoln Electric (LECO), Zebra Technologies (ZBRA), A. O. Smith (AOS), and IDEX (IEX). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
CNH Industrial (NYSE:CNHI) and Amcor (NYSE:AMCR) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings and institutional ownership.
CNH Industrial has a net margin of 9.48% compared to CNH Industrial's net margin of 4.75%. Amcor's return on equity of 28.38% beat CNH Industrial's return on equity.
CNH Industrial pays an annual dividend of $0.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Amcor pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. CNH Industrial pays out 27.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Amcor pays out 111.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CNH Industrial has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Amcor has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Amcor is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, CNH Industrial had 11 more articles in the media than Amcor. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for CNH Industrial and 10 mentions for Amcor. CNH Industrial's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Amcor's score of 0.43 indicating that Amcor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CNH Industrial has higher revenue and earnings than Amcor. CNH Industrial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amcor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CNH Industrial has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amcor has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
59.9% of CNH Industrial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.1% of Amcor shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Amcor shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
CNH Industrial currently has a consensus price target of $15.20, suggesting a potential upside of 32.18%. Amcor has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.66%. Given Amcor's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe CNH Industrial is more favorable than Amcor.
CNH Industrial received 226 more outperform votes than Amcor when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 52.94% of users gave Amcor an outperform vote while only 48.98% of users gave CNH Industrial an outperform vote.
Summary
CNH Industrial beats Amcor on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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