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AOS vs. AIT, ALG, ALLE, AZZ, ENS, FLS, GGG, GWW, 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), Enersys (ENS), Flowserve (FLS), Graco (GGG), W.W. Grainger (GWW), 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 industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.

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$4.48B2.16$385.76M$9.9625.49
A. O. Smith$3.82B2.57$533.60M$3.5819.30

In the previous week, Applied Industrial Technologies had 3 more articles in the media than A. O. Smith. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Applied Industrial Technologies and 13 mentions for A. O. Smith. Applied Industrial Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat A. O. Smith's score of 1.26 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
13 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
A. O. Smith
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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 18.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. A. O. Smith pays out 38.0% 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.

A. O. Smith has a net margin of 13.74% compared to Applied Industrial Technologies' net margin of 8.64%. A. O. Smith's return on equity of 28.39% beat Applied Industrial Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Applied Industrial Technologies8.64% 22.01% 12.83%
A. O. Smith 13.74%28.39%16.70%

93.5% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.1% of A. O. Smith shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of A. O. Smith shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Applied Industrial Technologies has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, A. O. Smith has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Applied Industrial Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $285.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.24%. A. O. Smith has a consensus target price of $75.29, suggesting a potential upside of 8.94%. Given Applied Industrial Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Applied Industrial Technologies is more favorable than A. O. Smith.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Applied Industrial Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
A. O. Smith
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29

Summary

Applied Industrial Technologies beats A. O. Smith on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AOS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$10.01B$24.47B$7.59B$20.79B
Dividend Yield1.93%1.00%4.52%3.71%
P/E Ratio19.3019.6825.1227.89
Price / Sales2.5732.33117.8342.50
Price / Cash16.2319.5827.4522.63
Price / Book5.303.754.414.57
Net Income$533.60M$701.94M$791.63M$988.81M
7 Day Performance1.75%5.50%0.73%0.20%
1 Month Performance7.75%9.41%4.84%3.93%
1 Year Performance-21.30%-11.55%28.09%10.27%

A. O. Smith Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AOS
A. O. Smith
4.7685 of 5 stars
$69.11
-1.9%
$75.29
+8.9%
-19.7%$10.01B$3.82B19.3012,700Positive News
Dividend Announcement
AIT
Applied Industrial Technologies
4.7153 of 5 stars
$244.11
-0.7%
$285.00
+16.8%
+32.8%$9.30B$4.48B24.516,500News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
ALG
Alamo Group
3.3323 of 5 stars
$224.94
-0.6%
$196.33
-12.7%
+30.5%$2.72B$1.63B23.433,750
ALLE
Allegion
4.623 of 5 stars
$148.23
+0.1%
$145.33
-2.0%
+24.2%$12.76B$3.77B20.8214,400Analyst Forecast
AZZ
AZZ
3.641 of 5 stars
$98.84
-0.8%
$104.00
+5.2%
+30.5%$2.96B$1.58B62.163,684Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
ENS
Enersys
4.862 of 5 stars
$88.18
-2.3%
$117.50
+33.3%
-16.2%$3.46B$3.62B9.7910,858Positive News
FLS
Flowserve
4.5233 of 5 stars
$52.19
-5.6%
$63.00
+20.7%
+11.4%$6.82B$4.56B24.3916,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
GGG
Graco
4.0884 of 5 stars
$87.58
-1.4%
$93.00
+6.2%
+9.1%$14.64B$2.11B30.954,300Positive News
GWW
W.W. Grainger
3.5875 of 5 stars
$1,034.43
-1.5%
$1,123.13
+8.6%
+17.2%$49.69B$17.17B26.5626,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
IEX
IDEX
4.6831 of 5 stars
$179.29
-1.1%
$212.50
+18.5%
-10.7%$13.54B$3.27B28.419,000Positive News
IR
Ingersoll Rand
3.8192 of 5 stars
$86.68
-0.3%
$98.70
+13.9%
-6.8%$34.97B$7.24B42.9121,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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