Baker Hughes (BKR) Competitors

Baker Hughes (NASDAQ:BKR) and Johnson Controls International (NYSE:JCI) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Is BKR or JCI more profitable?

Baker Hughes has a net margin of 10.70% compared to Johnson Controls International's net margin of 6.83%. Johnson Controls International's return on equity of 15.11% beat Baker Hughes' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Baker Hughes	10.70%	14.58%	6.30%
Johnson Controls International	6.83%	15.11%	6.03%

Which has better earnings and valuation, BKR or JCI?

Baker Hughes has higher revenue and earnings than Johnson Controls International. Baker Hughes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Johnson Controls International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Baker Hughes	$27.84B	1.39	$2.98B	$2.93	13.34
Johnson Controls International	$23.25B	2.91	$1.71B	$3.75	27.45

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BKR or JCI?

92.1% of Baker Hughes shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.1% of Johnson Controls International shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Baker Hughes shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Johnson Controls International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, BKR or JCI?

Baker Hughes has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Johnson Controls International has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BKR or JCI a better dividend stock?

Baker Hughes pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Johnson Controls International pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Baker Hughes pays out 31.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Johnson Controls International pays out 39.5% 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. Baker Hughes has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Johnson Controls International has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Baker Hughes is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate BKR or JCI?

Baker Hughes currently has a consensus price target of $49.11, indicating a potential upside of 25.67%. Johnson Controls International has a consensus price target of $97.88, indicating a potential downside of 4.90%. Given Baker Hughes' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Baker Hughes is more favorable than Johnson Controls International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Baker Hughes	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	18 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90
Johnson Controls International	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.59

Does the media prefer BKR or JCI?

In the previous week, Baker Hughes had 22 more articles in the media than Johnson Controls International. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Baker Hughes and 24 mentions for Johnson Controls International. Johnson Controls International's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Baker Hughes' score of 0.57 indicating that Johnson Controls International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Baker Hughes	17 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Johnson Controls International	16 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BKR or JCI?

Johnson Controls International received 1023 more outperform votes than Baker Hughes when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.07% of users gave Baker Hughes an outperform vote while only 65.85% of users gave Johnson Controls International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Baker Hughes	Outperform Votes 165 67.07%	Underperform Votes 81 32.93%
Johnson Controls International	Outperform Votes 1188 65.85%	Underperform Votes 616 34.15%

Summary

Baker Hughes beats Johnson Controls International on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.