AOS vs. PNR, LECO, SWK, ALLE, RRX, ZBRA, GGG, NDSN, CNHI, and CCK
Should you be buying A. O. Smith stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of A. O. Smith include Pentair (PNR), Lincoln Electric (LECO), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), Allegion (ALLE), Regal Rexnord (RRX), Zebra Technologies (ZBRA), Graco (GGG), Nordson (NDSN), CNH Industrial (CNHI), and Crown (CCK). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
A. O. Smith (NYSE:AOS) and Pentair (NYSE:PNR) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.
A. O. Smith has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pentair has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Pentair has a net margin of 15.17% compared to A. O. Smith's net margin of 14.45%. A. O. Smith's return on equity of 31.05% beat Pentair's return on equity.
A. O. Smith currently has a consensus target price of $88.50, indicating a potential upside of 2.82%. Pentair has a consensus target price of $87.33, indicating a potential upside of 11.21%. Given Pentair's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Pentair is more favorable than A. O. Smith.
Pentair has higher revenue and earnings than A. O. Smith. Pentair 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.
76.1% of A. O. Smith shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Pentair shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of A. O. Smith shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Pentair shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, A. O. Smith had 6 more articles in the media than Pentair. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for A. O. Smith and 20 mentions for Pentair. A. O. Smith's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Pentair's score of 0.25 indicating that A. O. Smith is being referred to more favorably in the media.
A. O. Smith pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Pentair pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. A. O. Smith pays out 34.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pentair pays out 24.5% 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.
Pentair received 162 more outperform votes than A. O. Smith when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.45% of users gave A. O. Smith an outperform vote while only 56.30% of users gave Pentair an outperform vote.
Summary
A. O. Smith and Pentair tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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