Arconic (ARNC) Competitors

Encore Wire (NASDAQ:WIRE) and Arconic (NYSE:ARNC) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in WIRE or ARNC?

99.2% of Encore Wire shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Arconic shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of Encore Wire shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Arconic shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate WIRE or ARNC?

Encore Wire presently has a consensus target price of $250.00, indicating a potential upside of 38.18%. Arconic has a consensus target price of $22.67, indicating a potential downside of 21.80%. Given Encore Wire's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Encore Wire is more favorable than Arconic.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Encore Wire	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Arconic	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.75

Which has more risk and volatility, WIRE or ARNC?

Encore Wire has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arconic has a beta of 1.9, meaning that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor WIRE or ARNC?

In the previous week, Arconic had 1 more articles in the media than Encore Wire. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Arconic and 3 mentions for Encore Wire. Encore Wire's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Arconic's score of 0.89 indicating that Encore Wire is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Encore Wire	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Arconic	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, WIRE or ARNC?

Encore Wire has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Arconic. Arconic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Encore Wire, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Encore Wire	$2.95 billion	1.08	$717.84 million	$35.46	5.12
Arconic	$8.96 billion	0.32	-$182 million	-$2.04	-14.21

Is WIRE or ARNC more profitable?

Encore Wire has a net margin of 22.87% compared to Arconic's net margin of -2.29%. Encore Wire's return on equity of 39.17% beat Arconic's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Encore Wire	22.87%	39.17%	35.26%
Arconic	-2.29%	8.21%	2.00%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WIRE or ARNC?

Arconic received 56 more outperform votes than Encore Wire when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.55% of users gave Arconic an outperform vote while only 58.76% of users gave Encore Wire an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Encore Wire	Outperform Votes 265 58.76%	Underperform Votes 186 41.24%
Arconic	Outperform Votes 321 59.55%	Underperform Votes 218 40.45%

Summary

Encore Wire beats Arconic on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.