TXT vs. WSO, SNA, TREX, CR, ROLL, CRS, PWR, EMR, AIR, and NOC
Should you be buying Textron stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Textron include Watsco (WSO), Snap-on (SNA), Trex (TREX), Crane (CR), RBC Bearings (ROLL), Carpenter Technology (CRS), Quanta Services (PWR), Emerson Electric (EMR), AAR (AIR), and Northrop Grumman (NOC).
Textron (NYSE:TXT) and Watsco (NYSE:WSO) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Textron had 2 more articles in the media than Watsco. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Textron and 7 mentions for Watsco. Watsco's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Textron's score of 0.48 indicating that Watsco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Watsco has a net margin of 7.03% compared to Textron's net margin of 6.75%. Watsco's return on equity of 19.26% beat Textron's return on equity.
Textron pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Watsco pays an annual dividend of $10.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Textron pays out 1.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Watsco pays out 83.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
86.0% of Textron shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.7% of Watsco shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Textron shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.3% of Watsco shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Textron received 274 more outperform votes than Watsco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.02% of users gave Textron an outperform vote while only 55.46% of users gave Watsco an outperform vote.
Textron has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Watsco has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Textron currently has a consensus price target of $95.63, suggesting a potential upside of 8.06%. Watsco has a consensus price target of $404.25, suggesting a potential downside of 14.36%. Given Textron's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Textron is more favorable than Watsco.
Textron has higher revenue and earnings than Watsco. Textron is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Watsco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Textron and Watsco tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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