Carlisle Companies (CSL) Competitors

GE Aerospace (NYSE:GE) and Carlisle Companies (NYSE:CSL) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.

Do analysts rate GE or CSL?

GE Aerospace presently has a consensus target price of $216.92, suggesting a potential upside of 7.64%. Carlisle Companies has a consensus target price of $454.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.61%. Given Carlisle Companies' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Carlisle Companies is more favorable than GE Aerospace.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GE Aerospace	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Carlisle Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the media refer more to GE or CSL?

In the previous week, GE Aerospace had 43 more articles in the media than Carlisle Companies. MarketBeat recorded 72 mentions for GE Aerospace and 29 mentions for Carlisle Companies. GE Aerospace's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Carlisle Companies' score of 0.83 indicating that GE Aerospace is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
GE Aerospace	42 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	20 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Carlisle Companies	13 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, GE or CSL?

GE Aerospace has higher revenue and earnings than Carlisle Companies. Carlisle Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GE Aerospace, 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
GE Aerospace	$39.68B	5.42	$6.56B	$6.43	31.34
Carlisle Companies	$5.00B	3.28	$1.31B	$26.86	14.13

Is GE or CSL more profitable?

Carlisle Companies has a net margin of 26.22% compared to GE Aerospace's net margin of 14.31%. Carlisle Companies' return on equity of 34.37% beat GE Aerospace's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GE Aerospace	14.31%	22.19%	3.66%
Carlisle Companies	26.22%	34.37%	14.85%

Which has more risk and volatility, GE or CSL?

GE Aerospace has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carlisle Companies has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of GE or CSL?

74.8% of GE Aerospace shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.5% of Carlisle Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of GE Aerospace shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Carlisle Companies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GE or CSL?

GE Aerospace received 1695 more outperform votes than Carlisle Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.46% of users gave GE Aerospace an outperform vote while only 67.02% of users gave Carlisle Companies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GE Aerospace	Outperform Votes 2140 75.46%	Underperform Votes 696 24.54%
Carlisle Companies	Outperform Votes 445 67.02%	Underperform Votes 219 32.98%

Is GE or CSL a better dividend stock?

GE Aerospace pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Carlisle Companies pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. GE Aerospace pays out 22.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Carlisle Companies pays out 14.9% 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. Carlisle Companies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

GE Aerospace beats Carlisle Companies on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.