ETN vs. DE, ABBNY, CAT, ITW, PH, CTAS, GWW, JCI, FERG, and IR
Should you be buying Eaton stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eaton include Deere & Company (DE), ABB (ABBNY), Caterpillar (CAT), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Parker-Hannifin (PH), Cintas (CTAS), W.W. Grainger (GWW), Johnson Controls International (JCI), Ferguson (FERG), and Ingersoll Rand (IR). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Eaton (NYSE:ETN) and Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.
Deere & Company has a net margin of 16.38% compared to Eaton's net margin of 14.38%. Deere & Company's return on equity of 44.60% beat Eaton's return on equity.
Deere & Company received 245 more outperform votes than Eaton when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.59% of users gave Eaton an outperform vote while only 65.33% of users gave Deere & Company an outperform vote.
Deere & Company has higher revenue and earnings than Eaton. Deere & Company is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eaton, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
83.0% of Eaton shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.6% of Deere & Company shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Eaton shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Deere & Company shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Eaton had 19 more articles in the media than Deere & Company. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Eaton and 24 mentions for Deere & Company. Eaton's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Deere & Company's score of 0.60 indicating that Eaton is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Eaton has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Deere & Company has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Eaton pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Deere & Company pays an annual dividend of $5.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Eaton pays out 44.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Deere & Company pays out 17.1% 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. Deere & Company is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Eaton presently has a consensus price target of $314.27, indicating a potential downside of 1.94%. Deere & Company has a consensus price target of $433.28, indicating a potential upside of 8.06%. Given Deere & Company's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Deere & Company is more favorable than Eaton.
Summary
Eaton beats Deere & Company on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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