XYL vs. IEX, GGG, ROK, IR, DOV, AXON, TS, HUBB, BALL, and FERG
Should you be buying Xylem stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Xylem include IDEX (IEX), Graco (GGG), Rockwell Automation (ROK), Ingersoll Rand (IR), Dover (DOV), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Tenaris (TS), Hubbell (HUBB), Ball (BALL), and Ferguson (FERG). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Xylem (NYSE:XYL) and IDEX (NYSE:IEX) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and valuation.
IDEX has a net margin of 17.89% compared to Xylem's net margin of 8.27%. IDEX's return on equity of 17.60% beat Xylem's return on equity.
Xylem has higher revenue and earnings than IDEX. IDEX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Xylem, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Xylem pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. IDEX pays an annual dividend of $2.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Xylem pays out 52.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IDEX pays out 33.7% 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. IDEX is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Xylem received 54 more outperform votes than IDEX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.82% of users gave Xylem an outperform vote while only 58.49% of users gave IDEX an outperform vote.
In the previous week, IDEX had 29 more articles in the media than Xylem. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for IDEX and 9 mentions for Xylem. IDEX's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Xylem's score of 0.51 indicating that IDEX is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Xylem has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IDEX has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
88.0% of Xylem shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of IDEX shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Xylem shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of IDEX shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Xylem presently has a consensus price target of $138.11, suggesting a potential upside of 4.31%. IDEX has a consensus price target of $250.71, suggesting a potential upside of 13.62%. Given IDEX's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe IDEX is more favorable than Xylem.
Summary
IDEX beats Xylem on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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