KRN vs. KU2, DUE, PFV, JUN3, STM, RHM, GIL, SIX2, VT9, and BFSA
Should you be buying Krones stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Krones include KUKA Aktiengesellschaft (KU2), Dürr Aktiengesellschaft (DUE), Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology (PFV), Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft (JUN3), Stabilus (STM), Rheinmetall (RHM), Dmg Mori Aktiengesellschaft (GIL), Sixt (SIX2), VTG (VT9), and Befesa (BFSA). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Krones vs.
Krones (ETR:KRN) and KUKA Aktiengesellschaft (ETR:KU2) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Krones had 1 more articles in the media than KUKA Aktiengesellschaft. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Krones and 0 mentions for KUKA Aktiengesellschaft. Krones' average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat KUKA Aktiengesellschaft's score of 0.00 indicating that Krones is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Krones has higher revenue and earnings than KUKA Aktiengesellschaft. Krones is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than KUKA Aktiengesellschaft, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
21.4% of Krones shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.2% of Krones shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Krones received 221 more outperform votes than KUKA Aktiengesellschaft when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.69% of users gave Krones an outperform vote while only 53.25% of users gave KUKA Aktiengesellschaft an outperform vote.
Krones presently has a consensus price target of €123.83, indicating a potential upside of 15.84%. Given Krones' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Krones is more favorable than KUKA Aktiengesellschaft.
Krones has a net margin of 4.71% compared to KUKA Aktiengesellschaft's net margin of 0.00%. Krones' return on equity of 13.53% beat KUKA Aktiengesellschaft's return on equity.
Krones pays an annual dividend of €1.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. KUKA Aktiengesellschaft pays an annual dividend of €0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Krones pays out 29.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. KUKA Aktiengesellschaft pays out 7.4% 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
Krones beats KUKA Aktiengesellschaft on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of ETR 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.
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