AMCR vs. HUBB, AXON, RS, IEX, TS, ZBRA, AVY, GGG, NDSN, and BALL
Should you be buying Amcor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amcor include Hubbell (HUBB), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Reliance Steel & Aluminum (RS), IDEX (IEX), Tenaris (TS), Zebra Technologies (ZBRA), Avery Dennison (AVY), Graco (GGG), Nordson (NDSN), and Ball (BALL). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Amcor vs.
Hubbell (NYSE:HUBB) and Amcor (NYSE:AMCR) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, community ranking and dividends.
In the previous week, Hubbell had 5 more articles in the media than Amcor. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Hubbell and 8 mentions for Amcor. Hubbell's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Amcor's score of 0.17 indicating that Hubbell is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Amcor has higher revenue and earnings than Hubbell. Amcor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hubbell, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hubbell has a net margin of 11.15% compared to Amcor's net margin of 6.54%. Amcor's return on equity of 27.94% beat Hubbell's return on equity.
Hubbell pays an annual dividend of $4.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Amcor pays an annual dividend of $0.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Hubbell pays out 42.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Amcor pays out 74.2% 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. Hubbell has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Amcor has raised its dividend for 40 consecutive years. Amcor is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Hubbell presently has a consensus target price of $237.33, suggesting a potential downside of 18.42%. Amcor has a consensus target price of $10.80, suggesting a potential upside of 10.32%. Given Amcor's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Amcor is more favorable than Hubbell.
Hubbell has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amcor has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hubbell received 244 more outperform votes than Amcor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.40% of users gave Hubbell an outperform vote while only 53.91% of users gave Amcor an outperform vote.
89.7% of Hubbell shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.8% of Amcor shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Hubbell shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Amcor shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Hubbell beats Amcor on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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