Carlisle Companies (CSL) Competitors

Carlisle Companies (NYSE:CSL) and Danaher (NYSE:DHR) are both large-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CSL or DHR?

Danaher received 629 more outperform votes than Carlisle Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.22% of users gave Danaher an outperform vote while only 66.82% of users gave Carlisle Companies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Carlisle Companies	Outperform Votes 445 66.82%	Underperform Votes 221 33.18%
Danaher	Outperform Votes 1074 74.22%	Underperform Votes 373 25.78%

Is CSL or DHR a better dividend stock?

Carlisle Companies pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Danaher pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Carlisle Companies pays out 14.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Danaher pays out 24.9% 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. Carlisle Companies has increased its dividend for 48 consecutive years and Danaher has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Carlisle Companies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is CSL or DHR more profitable?

Carlisle Companies has a net margin of 26.22% compared to Danaher's net margin of 16.33%. Carlisle Companies' return on equity of 34.37% beat Danaher's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Carlisle Companies	26.22%	34.37%	14.85%
Danaher	16.33%	10.82%	6.90%

Do analysts prefer CSL or DHR?

Carlisle Companies currently has a consensus target price of $454.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.87%. Danaher has a consensus target price of $248.17, suggesting a potential upside of 22.48%. Given Danaher's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Danaher is more favorable than Carlisle Companies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Carlisle Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Danaher	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Does the media prefer CSL or DHR?

In the previous week, Danaher had 20 more articles in the media than Carlisle Companies. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Danaher and 14 mentions for Carlisle Companies. Danaher's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Carlisle Companies' score of 0.72 indicating that Danaher is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Carlisle Companies	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Danaher	31 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in CSL or DHR?

89.5% of Carlisle Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.1% of Danaher shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Carlisle Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.1% of Danaher shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, CSL or DHR?

Carlisle Companies has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Danaher has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, CSL or DHR?

Danaher has higher revenue and earnings than Carlisle Companies. Carlisle Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Danaher, 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
Carlisle Companies	$5.00B	3.27	$1.31B	$26.86	14.10
Danaher	$23.82B	6.09	$3.90B	$5.15	39.35

Summary

Danaher beats Carlisle Companies on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.