CSL vs. ITT, IEP, FSS, MMM, IAC, GFF, WOR, BATRA, VGR, and FBYD
Should you be buying Carlisle Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carlisle Companies include ITT (ITT), Icahn Enterprises (IEP), Federal Signal (FSS), 3M (MMM), IAC (IAC), Griffon (GFF), Worthington Enterprises (WOR), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), Vector Group (VGR), and Falcon's Beyond Global (FBYD). These companies are all part of the "multi-sector conglomerates" sector.
Carlisle Companies (NYSE:CSL) and ITT (NYSE:ITT) are both large-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
ITT received 5 more outperform votes than Carlisle Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.08% of users gave Carlisle Companies an outperform vote while only 57.12% of users gave ITT an outperform vote.
Carlisle Companies has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ITT has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Carlisle Companies has higher revenue and earnings than ITT. Carlisle Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ITT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Carlisle Companies pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. ITT pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Carlisle Companies pays out 19.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ITT pays out 25.8% 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.
89.5% of Carlisle Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of ITT shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Carlisle Companies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of ITT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Carlisle Companies had 16 more articles in the media than ITT. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Carlisle Companies and 15 mentions for ITT. Carlisle Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat ITT's score of 0.12 indicating that Carlisle Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Carlisle Companies presently has a consensus price target of $398.33, indicating a potential downside of 0.56%. ITT has a consensus price target of $135.57, indicating a potential upside of 3.33%. Given ITT's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ITT is more favorable than Carlisle Companies.
Carlisle Companies has a net margin of 17.13% compared to ITT's net margin of 12.50%. Carlisle Companies' return on equity of 30.23% beat ITT's return on equity.
Summary
Carlisle Companies beats ITT on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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