AOS vs. LECO, AMCR, PNR, GGG, RRX, ALLE, TTEK, SWK, CNHI, and CCK
Should you be buying A. O. Smith stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of A. O. Smith include Lincoln Electric (LECO), Amcor (AMCR), Pentair (PNR), Graco (GGG), Regal Rexnord (RRX), Allegion (ALLE), Tetra Tech (TTEK), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), CNH Industrial (CNHI), and Crown (CCK). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
A. O. Smith (NYSE:AOS) and Lincoln Electric (NASDAQ:LECO) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
A. O. Smith presently has a consensus price target of $90.67, indicating a potential upside of 8.71%. Lincoln Electric has a consensus price target of $228.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.11%. Given A. O. Smith's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe A. O. Smith is more favorable than Lincoln Electric.
76.1% of A. O. Smith shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.6% of Lincoln Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of A. O. Smith shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Lincoln Electric shares are owned by 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.
A. O. Smith has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lincoln Electric has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
A. O. Smith has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lincoln Electric. A. O. Smith is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lincoln Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
A. O. Smith received 21 more outperform votes than Lincoln Electric when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.28% of users gave A. O. Smith an outperform vote while only 59.51% of users gave Lincoln Electric an outperform vote.
A. O. Smith has a net margin of 14.94% compared to Lincoln Electric's net margin of 13.23%. Lincoln Electric's return on equity of 43.81% beat A. O. Smith's return on equity.
A. O. Smith pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Lincoln Electric pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. A. O. Smith pays out 33.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lincoln Electric pays out 30.1% 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.
In the previous week, A. O. Smith had 2 more articles in the media than Lincoln Electric. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for A. O. Smith and 27 mentions for Lincoln Electric. Lincoln Electric's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat A. O. Smith's score of 0.49 indicating that Lincoln Electric is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
A. O. Smith beats Lincoln Electric on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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