BDC vs. KAI, ALRM, ATS, ENS, UNF, CSTM, GEF, JBT, REZI, and BRC
Should you be buying Belden stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Belden include Kadant (KAI), Alarm.com (ALRM), ATS (ATS), EnerSys (ENS), UniFirst (UNF), Constellium (CSTM), Greif (GEF), John Bean Technologies (JBT), Resideo Technologies (REZI), and Brady (BRC). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Belden (NYSE:BDC) and Kadant (NYSE:KAI) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.
Belden has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kadant has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Belden pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Kadant pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Belden pays out 3.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kadant pays out 13.3% 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.
Kadant has a net margin of 11.53% compared to Belden's net margin of 9.01%. Belden's return on equity of 23.11% beat Kadant's return on equity.
Belden received 129 more outperform votes than Kadant when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.52% of users gave Belden an outperform vote while only 57.84% of users gave Kadant an outperform vote.
Belden currently has a consensus price target of $103.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.74%. Kadant has a consensus price target of $360.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.13%. Given Kadant's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kadant is more favorable than Belden.
Belden has higher revenue and earnings than Kadant. Belden is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kadant, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Kadant had 8 more articles in the media than Belden. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Kadant and 25 mentions for Belden. Belden's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Kadant's score of 0.20 indicating that Belden is being referred to more favorably in the media.
98.8% of Belden shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Kadant shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Belden shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Kadant 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
Belden beats Kadant on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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