JCI vs. GWW, FERG, IR, XYL, ROK, DOV, AXON, BALL, CTAS, and HUBB
Should you be buying Johnson Controls International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Johnson Controls International include W.W. Grainger (GWW), Ferguson (FERG), Ingersoll Rand (IR), Xylem (XYL), Rockwell Automation (ROK), Dover (DOV), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Ball (BALL), Cintas (CTAS), and Hubbell (HUBB). 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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
W.W. Grainger has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Johnson Controls International has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
W.W. Grainger presently has a consensus target price of $938.89, indicating a potential upside of 0.66%. Johnson Controls International has a consensus target price of $64.25, indicating a potential upside of 3.03%. Given W.W. Grainger's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Johnson Controls International is more favorable than W.W. Grainger.
W.W. Grainger pays an annual dividend of $8.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. 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 22.6% 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. W.W. Grainger has raised its dividend for 54 consecutive years and Johnson Controls International has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
W.W. Grainger has a net margin of 10.94% compared to W.W. Grainger's net margin of 6.32%. Johnson Controls International's return on equity of 54.31% beat W.W. Grainger's return on equity.
Johnson Controls International received 616 more outperform votes than W.W. Grainger when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.27% of users gave Johnson Controls International an outperform vote while only 54.10% of users gave W.W. Grainger an outperform vote.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Johnson Controls International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Johnson Controls International had 23 more articles in the media than W.W. Grainger. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Johnson Controls International and 18 mentions for W.W. Grainger. Johnson Controls International's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat W.W. Grainger's score of 0.58 indicating that W.W. Grainger is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Summary
Johnson Controls International beats W.W. Grainger on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Johnson Controls International News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for JCI and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding JCI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Johnson Controls International Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
