AMCR vs. AOS, PNR, LECO, ZBRA, SWK, CNHI, ALLE, RRX, NDSN, and GGG
Should you be buying Amcor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amcor include A. O. Smith (AOS), Pentair (PNR), Lincoln Electric (LECO), Zebra Technologies (ZBRA), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), CNH Industrial (CNHI), Allegion (ALLE), Regal Rexnord (RRX), Nordson (NDSN), and Graco (GGG). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
A. O. Smith (NYSE:AOS) and Amcor (NYSE:AMCR) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, earnings and risk.
Amcor has higher revenue and earnings than A. O. Smith. Amcor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than A. O. Smith, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
A. O. Smith received 397 more outperform votes than Amcor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.28% of users gave A. O. Smith an outperform vote while only 52.54% of users gave Amcor an outperform vote.
In the previous week, A. O. Smith had 22 more articles in the media than Amcor. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for A. O. Smith and 4 mentions for Amcor. A. O. Smith's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Amcor's score of 0.41 indicating that Amcor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
76.1% of A. O. Smith shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.1% of Amcor shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of A. O. Smith shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Amcor shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
A. O. Smith has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amcor has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
A. O. Smith pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Amcor pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. A. O. Smith pays out 34.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Amcor pays out 113.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. A. O. Smith has increased its dividend for 30 consecutive years and Amcor has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
A. O. Smith has a net margin of 14.45% compared to A. O. Smith's net margin of 4.59%. Amcor's return on equity of 31.05% beat A. O. Smith's return on equity.
A. O. Smith presently has a consensus price target of $90.67, indicating a potential upside of 9.04%. Amcor has a consensus price target of $10.40, indicating a potential upside of 16.01%. Given A. O. Smith's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Amcor is more favorable than A. O. Smith.
Summary
A. O. Smith beats Amcor on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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