BDC vs. KAI, HI, ENS, ALRM, CSTM, YOU, GEF, ATS, UNF, and JBT
Should you be buying Belden stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Belden include Kadant (KAI), Hillenbrand (HI), EnerSys (ENS), Alarm.com (ALRM), Constellium (CSTM), Clear Secure (YOU), Greif (GEF), ATS (ATS), UniFirst (UNF), and John Bean Technologies (JBT). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Belden (NYSE:BDC) and Kadant (NYSE:KAI) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability and media sentiment.
98.8% of Belden shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Kadant shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Belden shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Kadant shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Belden had 1 more articles in the media than Kadant. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Belden and 8 mentions for Kadant. Kadant's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Belden's score of 0.68 indicating that Kadant is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Belden has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kadant has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Belden received 129 more outperform votes than Kadant when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.42% of users gave Belden an outperform vote while only 57.68% of users gave Kadant an outperform vote.
Belden has higher revenue and earnings than Kadant. Belden is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kadant, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Belden currently has a consensus price target of $102.25, indicating a potential upside of 22.66%. Kadant has a consensus price target of $300.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.24%. Given Belden's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Belden is more favorable than Kadant.
Kadant has a net margin of 12.12% compared to Belden's net margin of 9.66%. Belden's return on equity of 25.11% beat Kadant's return on equity.
Belden pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Kadant pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Belden pays out 3.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kadant pays out 12.9% 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.
Summary
Belden beats Kadant on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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