CNHI vs. PKG, NDSN, GGG, AVY, ZBRA, IEX, SWK, LECO, PNR, and AOS
Should you be buying CNH Industrial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CNH Industrial include Packaging Co. of America (PKG), Nordson (NDSN), Graco (GGG), Avery Dennison (AVY), Zebra Technologies (ZBRA), IDEX (IEX), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), Lincoln Electric (LECO), Pentair (PNR), and A. O. Smith (AOS). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
CNH Industrial (NYSE:CNHI) and Packaging Co. of America (NYSE:PKG) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Packaging Co. of America received 219 more outperform votes than CNH Industrial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.89% of users gave Packaging Co. of America an outperform vote while only 49.06% of users gave CNH Industrial an outperform vote.
In the previous week, CNH Industrial had 2 more articles in the media than Packaging Co. of America. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for CNH Industrial and 13 mentions for Packaging Co. of America. CNH Industrial's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Packaging Co. of America's score of 0.25 indicating that CNH Industrial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
59.9% of CNH Industrial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Packaging Co. of America shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Packaging Co. of America shares are held by company 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.
CNH Industrial has higher revenue and earnings than Packaging Co. of America. CNH Industrial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Packaging Co. of America, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CNH Industrial presently has a consensus target price of $15.20, suggesting a potential upside of 22.54%. Packaging Co. of America has a consensus target price of $171.29, suggesting a potential downside of 3.90%. Given CNH Industrial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe CNH Industrial is more favorable than Packaging Co. of America.
Packaging Co. of America has a net margin of 9.81% compared to CNH Industrial's net margin of 9.60%. CNH Industrial's return on equity of 29.59% beat Packaging Co. of America's return on equity.
CNH Industrial has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Packaging Co. of America has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
CNH Industrial and Packaging Co. of America tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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