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AOS vs. AIT, ALG, ALLE, AZZ, CR, ENS, FLS, GGG, IEX, and IR

Should you be buying A. O. Smith stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of A. O. Smith include Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), Alamo Group (ALG), Allegion (ALLE), AZZ (AZZ), Crane (CR), Enersys (ENS), Flowserve (FLS), Graco (GGG), IDEX (IEX), and Ingersoll Rand (IR). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

A. O. Smith vs. Its Competitors

Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE:AIT) and A. O. Smith (NYSE:AOS) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

In the previous week, Applied Industrial Technologies and Applied Industrial Technologies both had 11 articles in the media. Applied Industrial Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat A. O. Smith's score of 1.02 indicating that Applied Industrial Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Applied Industrial Technologies
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
A. O. Smith
7 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Applied Industrial Technologies has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, A. O. Smith has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

A. O. Smith has a net margin of 13.68% compared to Applied Industrial Technologies' net margin of 8.61%. A. O. Smith's return on equity of 28.42% beat Applied Industrial Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Applied Industrial Technologies8.61% 21.78% 12.74%
A. O. Smith 13.68%28.42%16.52%

Applied Industrial Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $285.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.59%. A. O. Smith has a consensus price target of $77.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.75%. Given A. O. Smith's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe A. O. Smith is more favorable than Applied Industrial Technologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Applied Industrial Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
A. O. Smith
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29

A. O. Smith has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Applied Industrial Technologies. A. O. Smith is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Applied Industrial Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Applied Industrial Technologies$4.56B2.15$392.99M$10.1225.70
A. O. Smith$3.82B2.53$533.60M$3.5919.19

93.5% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.1% of A. O. Smith shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of A. O. Smith shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Applied Industrial Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. A. O. Smith pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Applied Industrial Technologies pays out 18.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. A. O. Smith pays out 37.9% 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. Applied Industrial Technologies has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years and A. O. Smith has increased its dividend for 31 consecutive years. A. O. Smith is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Applied Industrial Technologies and A. O. Smith tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AOS vs. The Competition

MetricA. O. SmithMACH IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$9.65B$26.60B$7.97B$22.10B
Dividend Yield1.97%0.91%4.57%3.55%
P/E Ratio19.1921.5825.3533.37
Price / Sales2.5332.071,267.8583.20
Price / Cash15.8622.4328.1324.64
Price / Book5.284.294.994.66
Net Income$533.60M$702.35M$790.14M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-1.25%-0.01%1.90%2.22%
1 Month Performance-4.93%3.33%3.09%1.79%
1 Year Performance-10.36%8.81%31.33%14.02%

A. O. Smith Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AOS
A. O. Smith
4.7914 of 5 stars
$68.91
-0.2%
$77.00
+11.7%
-10.4%$9.65B$3.82B19.1912,700Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
AIT
Applied Industrial Technologies
4.4733 of 5 stars
$250.17
+0.9%
$285.00
+13.9%
+12.4%$9.44B$4.56B24.726,800News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
ALG
Alamo Group
4.6088 of 5 stars
$183.25
+1.3%
$234.00
+27.7%
+9.3%$2.22B$1.63B18.663,750News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
ALLE
Allegion
4.7711 of 5 stars
$178.00
+0.3%
$174.25
-2.1%
+17.4%$15.28B$3.77B24.7214,400Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
AZZ
AZZ
4.5157 of 5 stars
$98.17
+0.4%
$115.43
+17.6%
+28.9%$2.95B$1.58B9.443,684Analyst Downgrade
CR
Crane
4.4506 of 5 stars
$187.64
+2.1%
$222.20
+18.4%
+28.8%$10.80B$2.23B24.8511,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
ENS
Enersys
3.8311 of 5 stars
$123.89
+2.3%
$118.33
-4.5%
+22.2%$4.64B$3.62B14.1410,858News Coverage
Positive News
FLS
Flowserve
4.7705 of 5 stars
$51.26
+1.5%
$65.88
+28.5%
+1.4%$6.70B$4.56B23.2016,000News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
GGG
Graco
4.3598 of 5 stars
$82.38
+0.1%
$94.50
+14.7%
+0.3%$13.65B$2.11B29.214,300Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
IEX
IDEX
4.8528 of 5 stars
$166.83
+0.3%
$199.57
+19.6%
-17.2%$12.56B$3.27B26.959,000News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
IR
Ingersoll Rand
4.0492 of 5 stars
$78.50
+1.7%
$98.09
+25.0%
-16.9%$31.20B$7.24B61.3321,000News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast

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