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AYI vs. DCI, DOV, EXP, IR, ITT, NVT, OC, PH, TEX, and TKR

Should you be buying Acuity stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Acuity include Donaldson (DCI), Dover (DOV), Eagle Materials (EXP), Ingersoll Rand (IR), ITT (ITT), nVent Electric (NVT), Owens Corning (OC), Parker-Hannifin (PH), Terex (TEX), and Timken (TKR).

Acuity vs. Its Competitors

Donaldson (NYSE:DCI) and Acuity (NYSE:AYI) are related mid-cap companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.

Donaldson has a net margin of 9.94% compared to Acuity's net margin of 9.63%. Donaldson's return on equity of 28.86% beat Acuity's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Donaldson9.94% 28.86% 14.63%
Acuity 9.63%20.35%11.98%

Donaldson pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Acuity pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Donaldson pays out 40.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Acuity pays out 5.4% 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. Donaldson has raised its dividend for 38 consecutive years and Acuity has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Donaldson is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Acuity has higher revenue and earnings than Donaldson. Donaldson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acuity, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Donaldson$3.59B2.32$414M$2.9823.91
Acuity$3.84B2.44$422.60M$12.6924.05

Donaldson has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acuity has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.

82.8% of Donaldson shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.2% of Acuity shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Donaldson shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Acuity shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Donaldson currently has a consensus price target of $70.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.77%. Acuity has a consensus price target of $340.60, suggesting a potential upside of 11.61%. Given Acuity's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Acuity is more favorable than Donaldson.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Donaldson
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Acuity
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

In the previous week, Acuity had 8 more articles in the media than Donaldson. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Acuity and 9 mentions for Donaldson. Acuity's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Donaldson's score of 0.97 indicating that Acuity is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Donaldson
5 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Acuity
14 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Acuity beats Donaldson on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AYI vs. The Competition

MetricAcuityTechnology Services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$9.36B$2.41B$13.18B$20.73B
Dividend Yield0.22%1.37%2.54%3.72%
P/E Ratio24.0531.3328.8128.06
Price / Sales2.4436.6140.6638.45
Price / Cash17.2641.4726.1318.22
Price / Book3.955.886.294.61
Net Income$422.60M$32.23M$188.88M$983.39M
7 Day Performance2.11%4.47%2.74%2.57%
1 Month Performance13.16%4.96%3.04%5.08%
1 Year Performance27.61%32.70%28.89%15.10%

Acuity Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AYI
Acuity
4.5139 of 5 stars
$305.17
-0.3%
$340.60
+11.6%
+27.6%$9.36B$3.84B24.0513,200News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
DCI
Donaldson
4.0265 of 5 stars
$71.26
+0.1%
$70.00
-1.8%
+1.7%$8.30B$3.59B23.9114,000Analyst Downgrade
DOV
Dover
4.9121 of 5 stars
$187.23
-0.5%
$206.50
+10.3%
+6.0%$25.67B$7.75B11.2824,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
EXP
Eagle Materials
4.5749 of 5 stars
$214.28
+0.3%
$254.44
+18.7%
-0.2%$6.99B$2.26B15.572,500News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
IR
Ingersoll Rand
3.9965 of 5 stars
$87.01
+0.5%
$98.70
+13.4%
-4.8%$35.10B$7.24B43.0721,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ITT
ITT
4.1385 of 5 stars
$161.39
+0.8%
$165.50
+2.5%
+27.1%$12.70B$3.63B25.6611,700News Coverage
Analyst Revision
NVT
nVent Electric
3.6414 of 5 stars
$73.95
+0.7%
$70.67
-4.4%
-2.5%$12.18B$3.01B21.1312,100News Coverage
Positive News
OC
Owens Corning
4.7801 of 5 stars
$145.10
-0.3%
$183.80
+26.7%
-12.4%$12.34B$10.98B51.0925,000Positive News
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.3883 of 5 stars
$719.15
+1.1%
$719.41
+0.0%
+42.3%$91.89B$19.93B27.6961,120News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TEX
Terex
4.3915 of 5 stars
$49.79
-0.3%
$51.40
+3.2%
-6.9%$3.30B$5.13B13.5711,400News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
TKR
Timken
4.5186 of 5 stars
$76.67
-0.1%
$79.00
+3.0%
-2.7%$5.36B$4.57B16.5219,000Positive News

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