SNA vs. POOL, NWS, NWSA, FWONA, FOX, MGM, FOXA, PARAA, H, and EDU
Should you be buying Snap-on stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Snap-on include Pool (POOL), News (NWS), News (NWSA), Formula One Group (FWONA), FOX (FOX), MGM Resorts International (MGM), FOX (FOXA), Paramount Global (PARAA), Hyatt Hotels (H), and New Oriental Education & Technology Group (EDU). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Snap-on (NYSE:SNA) and Pool (NASDAQ:POOL) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.
Snap-on currently has a consensus target price of $316.75, suggesting a potential upside of 17.01%. Pool has a consensus target price of $397.80, suggesting a potential upside of 7.17%. Given Snap-on's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Snap-on is more favorable than Pool.
84.9% of Snap-on shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of Pool shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Snap-on shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Pool shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Snap-on has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pool has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Pool had 27 more articles in the media than Snap-on. MarketBeat recorded 75 mentions for Pool and 48 mentions for Snap-on. Snap-on's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Pool's score of 0.07 indicating that Snap-on is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Snap-on has a net margin of 21.69% compared to Pool's net margin of 9.17%. Pool's return on equity of 35.49% beat Snap-on's return on equity.
Snap-on has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pool. Snap-on is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pool, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pool received 58 more outperform votes than Snap-on when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.99% of users gave Pool an outperform vote while only 61.18% of users gave Snap-on an outperform vote.
Snap-on pays an annual dividend of $7.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Pool pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Snap-on pays out 39.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pool pays out 34.4% 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
Snap-on and Pool tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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