AIT vs. MSA, SITE, MIDD, BERY, ESAB, AA, ATKR, GTLS, GPK, and FLS
Should you be buying Applied Industrial Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Applied Industrial Technologies include MSA Safety (MSA), SiteOne Landscape Supply (SITE), Middleby (MIDD), Berry Global Group (BERY), ESAB (ESAB), Alcoa (AA), Atkore (ATKR), Chart Industries (GTLS), Graphic Packaging (GPK), and Flowserve (FLS). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
MSA Safety (NYSE:MSA) and Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE:AIT) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.
MSA Safety received 46 more outperform votes than Applied Industrial Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.04% of users gave MSA Safety an outperform vote while only 58.71% of users gave Applied Industrial Technologies an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Applied Industrial Technologies had 19 more articles in the media than MSA Safety. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Applied Industrial Technologies and 8 mentions for MSA Safety. Applied Industrial Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat MSA Safety's score of 0.79 indicating that MSA Safety is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Applied Industrial Technologies has a net margin of 8.39% compared to Applied Industrial Technologies' net margin of 3.28%. Applied Industrial Technologies' return on equity of 32.44% beat MSA Safety's return on equity.
92.5% of MSA Safety shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of MSA Safety shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Applied Industrial Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than MSA Safety. Applied Industrial Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MSA Safety, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MSA Safety has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Applied Industrial Technologies has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MSA Safety pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Applied Industrial Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. MSA Safety pays out 129.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Applied Industrial Technologies pays out 15.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MSA Safety has increased its dividend for 54 consecutive years and Applied Industrial Technologies has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. MSA Safety is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
MSA Safety currently has a consensus target price of $189.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.38%. Applied Industrial Technologies has a consensus target price of $201.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.12%. Given MSA Safety's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Applied Industrial Technologies is more favorable than MSA Safety.
Summary
Applied Industrial Technologies beats MSA Safety on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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