DCI vs. AGCO, GPK, ATR, CCK, MIDD, SITE, AIT, MSA, TTEK, and RBC
Should you be buying Donaldson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Donaldson include AGCO (AGCO), Graphic Packaging (GPK), AptarGroup (ATR), Crown (CCK), Middleby (MIDD), SiteOne Landscape Supply (SITE), Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), MSA Safety (MSA), Tetra Tech (TTEK), and RBC Bearings (RBC). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Donaldson (NYSE:DCI) and AGCO (NYSE:AGCO) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and earnings.
AGCO has higher revenue and earnings than Donaldson. AGCO is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Donaldson, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Donaldson has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AGCO has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, AGCO had 29 more articles in the media than Donaldson. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for AGCO and 10 mentions for Donaldson. Donaldson's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat AGCO's score of 0.25 indicating that Donaldson is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Donaldson presently has a consensus target price of $67.50, indicating a potential downside of 9.87%. AGCO has a consensus target price of $141.83, indicating a potential upside of 24.48%. Given AGCO's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AGCO is more favorable than Donaldson.
Donaldson has a net margin of 10.82% compared to AGCO's net margin of 7.90%. Donaldson's return on equity of 28.52% beat AGCO's return on equity.
Donaldson received 17 more outperform votes than AGCO when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.69% of users gave Donaldson an outperform vote while only 51.83% of users gave AGCO an outperform vote.
82.8% of Donaldson shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.8% of AGCO shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Donaldson shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of AGCO shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Donaldson pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. AGCO pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Donaldson pays out 32.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AGCO pays out 7.8% 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.
Summary
Donaldson and AGCO tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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