PNR vs. KAI, AMCR, AOS, LECO, ZBRA, SWK, CNHI, ALLE, RRX, and NDSN
Should you be buying Pentair stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pentair include Kadant (KAI), Amcor (AMCR), A. O. Smith (AOS), Lincoln Electric (LECO), Zebra Technologies (ZBRA), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), CNH Industrial (CNHI), Allegion (ALLE), Regal Rexnord (RRX), and Nordson (NDSN). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Pentair (NYSE:PNR) and Kadant (NYSE:KAI) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, earnings and community ranking.
Pentair has a net margin of 15.30% compared to Kadant's net margin of 12.12%. Pentair's return on equity of 20.16% beat Kadant's return on equity.
Pentair has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kadant has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
92.4% of Pentair shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Kadant shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Pentair shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Kadant 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.
Pentair received 317 more outperform votes than Kadant when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.76% of users gave Kadant an outperform vote while only 56.50% of users gave Pentair an outperform vote.
Pentair has higher revenue and earnings than Kadant. Pentair is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kadant, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Pentair had 2 more articles in the media than Kadant. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Pentair and 23 mentions for Kadant. Pentair's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Kadant's score of 0.30 indicating that Pentair is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pentair currently has a consensus price target of $89.93, indicating a potential upside of 13.74%. Kadant has a consensus price target of $360.00, indicating a potential upside of 37.67%. Given Kadant's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kadant is more favorable than Pentair.
Pentair pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Kadant pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Pentair pays out 24.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kadant pays out 12.9% 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
Pentair and Kadant tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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