BRC vs. HI, REZI, JBT, AIN, UNF, ATS, GEF, ATMU, YOU, and CSTM
Should you be buying Brady stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brady include Hillenbrand (HI), Resideo Technologies (REZI), John Bean Technologies (JBT), Albany International (AIN), UniFirst (UNF), ATS (ATS), Greif (GEF), Atmus Filtration Technologies (ATMU), Clear Secure (YOU), and Constellium (CSTM). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) and Brady (NYSE:BRC) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Hillenbrand pays an annual dividend of $0.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Brady pays an annual dividend of $0.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Hillenbrand pays out 11.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brady pays out 24.5% 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. Hillenbrand has raised its dividend for 17 consecutive years and Brady has raised its dividend for 38 consecutive years. Hillenbrand is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Hillenbrand has higher revenue and earnings than Brady. Hillenbrand is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brady, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hillenbrand has a net margin of 18.39% compared to Hillenbrand's net margin of 14.08%. Hillenbrand's return on equity of 19.24% beat Brady's return on equity.
89.1% of Hillenbrand shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of Brady shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Hillenbrand shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.6% of Brady shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Hillenbrand presently has a consensus target price of $61.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.03%. Brady has a consensus target price of $65.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.09%. Given Brady's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Hillenbrand is more favorable than Brady.
Brady received 91 more outperform votes than Hillenbrand when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.55% of users gave Brady an outperform vote while only 57.11% of users gave Hillenbrand an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Brady had 47 more articles in the media than Hillenbrand. MarketBeat recorded 58 mentions for Brady and 11 mentions for Hillenbrand. Brady's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Hillenbrand's score of 0.20 indicating that Hillenbrand is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hillenbrand has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brady has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Hillenbrand beats Brady on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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