IAC vs. FSS, GFF, BATRA, VGR, FBYD, IEP, ITT, LXU, NPK, and TROO
Should you be buying IAC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IAC include Federal Signal (FSS), Griffon (GFF), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), Vector Group (VGR), Falcon's Beyond Global (FBYD), Icahn Enterprises (IEP), ITT (ITT), LSB Industries (LXU), National Presto Industries (NPK), and TROOPS (TROO). These companies are all part of the "multi-sector conglomerates" sector.
Federal Signal (NYSE:FSS) and IAC (NASDAQ:IAC) are both mid-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.
91.9% of Federal Signal shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.6% of IAC shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Federal Signal shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.6% of IAC shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
IAC received 743 more outperform votes than Federal Signal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.12% of users gave IAC an outperform vote while only 58.40% of users gave Federal Signal an outperform vote.
Federal Signal has higher earnings, but lower revenue than IAC. IAC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Federal Signal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Federal Signal has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IAC has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Federal Signal has a net margin of 8.74% compared to Federal Signal's net margin of -1.39%. IAC's return on equity of 16.35% beat Federal Signal's return on equity.
In the previous week, IAC had 2 more articles in the media than Federal Signal. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for IAC and 3 mentions for Federal Signal. IAC's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Federal Signal's score of 0.37 indicating that Federal Signal is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Federal Signal presently has a consensus target price of $63.67, suggesting a potential downside of 12.07%. IAC has a consensus target price of $78.00, suggesting a potential upside of 58.96%. Given Federal Signal's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe IAC is more favorable than Federal Signal.
Summary
Federal Signal beats IAC on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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