HI vs. BRC, AMCR, ALRM, BDC, ATS, KAI, ENS, UNF, TEX, and GEF
Should you be buying Hillenbrand stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hillenbrand include Brady (BRC), Amcor (AMCR), Alarm.com (ALRM), Belden (BDC), ATS (ATS), Kadant (KAI), EnerSys (ENS), UniFirst (UNF), Terex (TEX), and Greif (GEF). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) and Brady (NYSE:BRC) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation and dividends.
Brady has a net margin of 14.08% compared to Hillenbrand's net margin of 2.79%. Brady's return on equity of 19.24% beat Hillenbrand's return on equity.
Hillenbrand has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brady has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Brady had 36 more articles in the media than Hillenbrand. MarketBeat recorded 61 mentions for Brady and 25 mentions for Hillenbrand. Hillenbrand's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Brady's score of 0.21 indicating that Hillenbrand is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hillenbrand has higher revenue and earnings than Brady. Brady is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hillenbrand, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Brady received 91 more outperform votes than Hillenbrand when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.55% of users gave Brady an outperform vote while only 57.11% of users gave Hillenbrand an outperform vote.
Hillenbrand currently has a consensus price target of $61.00, suggesting a potential upside of 43.73%. Brady has a consensus price target of $65.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.34%. Given Hillenbrand's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Hillenbrand is more favorable than Brady.
89.1% of Hillenbrand shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of Brady shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Hillenbrand shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.6% of Brady shares are owned by 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.
Hillenbrand pays an annual dividend of $0.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Brady pays an annual dividend of $0.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Hillenbrand pays out 73.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brady pays out 24.5% 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
Brady beats Hillenbrand on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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