Atkore (ATKR) Competitors

Regal Rexnord (NYSE:RRX) and Atkore (NYSE:ATKR) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Which has more risk and volatility, RRX or ATKR?

Regal Rexnord has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atkore has a beta of 2.1, suggesting that its share price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is RRX or ATKR a better dividend stock?

Regal Rexnord pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Atkore pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Regal Rexnord pays out 39.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Atkore pays out 25.4% 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. Atkore has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Atkore is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts recommend RRX or ATKR?

Regal Rexnord presently has a consensus price target of $171.25, suggesting a potential upside of 24.01%. Atkore has a consensus price target of $77.57, suggesting a potential upside of 16.13%. Given Regal Rexnord's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Regal Rexnord is more favorable than Atkore.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Regal Rexnord	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89
Atkore	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Is RRX or ATKR more profitable?

Atkore has a net margin of 12.42% compared to Regal Rexnord's net margin of 3.25%. Atkore's return on equity of 25.69% beat Regal Rexnord's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Regal Rexnord	3.25%	9.57%	4.17%
Atkore	12.42%	25.69%	13.27%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in RRX or ATKR?

99.7% of Regal Rexnord shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Regal Rexnord shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Atkore shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RRX or ATKR?

Atkore received 300 more outperform votes than Regal Rexnord when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.42% of users gave Atkore an outperform vote while only 65.26% of users gave Regal Rexnord an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Regal Rexnord	Outperform Votes 62 65.26%	Underperform Votes 33 34.74%
Atkore	Outperform Votes 362 66.42%	Underperform Votes 183 33.58%

Does the media favor RRX or ATKR?

In the previous week, Atkore had 1 more articles in the media than Regal Rexnord. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Atkore and 17 mentions for Regal Rexnord. Atkore's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Regal Rexnord's score of 1.01 indicating that Atkore is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Regal Rexnord	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Atkore	14 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, RRX or ATKR?

Atkore has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Regal Rexnord. Atkore is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Regal Rexnord, 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
Regal Rexnord	$5.90B	1.55	$196.20M	$3.51	39.34
Atkore	$2.97B	0.76	$472.87M	$5.20	12.85

Summary

Atkore beats Regal Rexnord on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.