GWW vs. JCI, FERG, IR, XYL, ROK, DOV, CTAS, AXON, BALL, and PH
Should you be buying W.W. Grainger stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of W.W. Grainger include Johnson Controls International (JCI), Ferguson (FERG), Ingersoll Rand (IR), Xylem (XYL), Rockwell Automation (ROK), Dover (DOV), Cintas (CTAS), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Ball (BALL), and Parker-Hannifin (PH). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
W.W. Grainger (NYSE:GWW) and Johnson Controls International (NYSE:JCI) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
W.W. Grainger has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Johnson Controls International has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Johnson Controls International has higher revenue and earnings than W.W. Grainger. Johnson Controls International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than W.W. Grainger, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, W.W. Grainger had 6 more articles in the media than Johnson Controls International. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for W.W. Grainger and 30 mentions for Johnson Controls International. Johnson Controls International's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat W.W. Grainger's score of 0.62 indicating that Johnson Controls International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
W.W. Grainger currently has a consensus price target of $938.89, suggesting a potential upside of 2.02%. Johnson Controls International has a consensus price target of $64.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.72%. Given Johnson Controls International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Johnson Controls International is more favorable than W.W. Grainger.
W.W. Grainger pays an annual dividend of $7.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Johnson Controls International pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. W.W. Grainger pays out 20.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Johnson Controls International pays out 48.2% 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.
80.7% of W.W. Grainger shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.1% of Johnson Controls International shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.5% of W.W. Grainger shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Johnson Controls International 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.
W.W. Grainger has a net margin of 10.94% compared to Johnson Controls International's net margin of 7.85%. W.W. Grainger's return on equity of 54.31% beat Johnson Controls International's return on equity.
Johnson Controls International received 615 more outperform votes than W.W. Grainger when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.28% of users gave Johnson Controls International an outperform vote while only 54.10% of users gave W.W. Grainger an outperform vote.
Summary
Johnson Controls International beats W.W. Grainger on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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