ACET vs. GWW, FAST, URI, WSO, AIT, WCC, BECN, AL, GATX, and MSM
Should you be buying Adicet Bio stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Adicet Bio include W.W. Grainger (GWW), Fastenal (FAST), United Rentals (URI), Watsco (WSO), Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), WESCO International (WCC), Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN), Air Lease (AL), GATX (GATX), and MSC Industrial Direct (MSM). These companies are all part of the "trading companies & distributors" industry.
Adicet Bio vs. Its Competitors
W.W. Grainger (NYSE:GWW) and Adicet Bio (NASDAQ:ACET) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
W.W. Grainger has a net margin of 11.12% compared to Adicet Bio's net margin of 0.00%. W.W. Grainger's return on equity of 52.43% beat Adicet Bio's return on equity.
W.W. Grainger presently has a consensus target price of $1,123.13, suggesting a potential upside of 4.19%. Adicet Bio has a consensus target price of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 855.66%. Given Adicet Bio's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Adicet Bio is more favorable than W.W. Grainger.
W.W. Grainger pays an annual dividend of $9.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Adicet Bio pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. W.W. Grainger pays out 23.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Adicet Bio pays out -3.1% 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. W.W. Grainger has increased its dividend for 55 consecutive years. Adicet Bio is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
80.7% of W.W. Grainger shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.9% of Adicet Bio shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of W.W. Grainger shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Adicet Bio shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
W.W. Grainger has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adicet Bio has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, W.W. Grainger had 12 more articles in the media than Adicet Bio. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for W.W. Grainger and 3 mentions for Adicet Bio. W.W. Grainger's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Adicet Bio's score of 0.64 indicating that W.W. Grainger is being referred to more favorably in the media.
W.W. Grainger has higher revenue and earnings than Adicet Bio. Adicet Bio is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than W.W. Grainger, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
W.W. Grainger received 247 more outperform votes than Adicet Bio when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.80% of users gave Adicet Bio an outperform vote while only 53.26% of users gave W.W. Grainger an outperform vote.
Summary
W.W. Grainger beats Adicet Bio on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ACET) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
