CSL vs. MMM, DHR, GE, YHGJ, MKL, ITT, IEP, FSS, IAC, and GFF
Should you be buying Carlisle Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carlisle Companies include 3M (MMM), Danaher (DHR), General Electric (GE), Yunhong Green CTI (YHGJ), Markel Group (MKL), ITT (ITT), Icahn Enterprises (IEP), Federal Signal (FSS), IAC (IAC), and Griffon (GFF).
Carlisle Companies (NYSE:CSL) and 3M (NYSE:MMM) are both large-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.
Carlisle Companies has a net margin of 27.88% compared to 3M's net margin of -21.57%. 3M's return on equity of 95.80% beat Carlisle Companies' return on equity.
Carlisle Companies pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. 3M pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Carlisle Companies pays out 19.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 3M pays out -22.0% 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. 3M is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
89.5% of Carlisle Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.3% of 3M shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Carlisle Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of 3M shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Carlisle Companies has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 3M has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Carlisle Companies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than 3M. 3M is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carlisle Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Carlisle Companies presently has a consensus target price of $423.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.40%. 3M has a consensus target price of $112.17, indicating a potential downside of 11.78%. Given Carlisle Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Carlisle Companies is more favorable than 3M.
3M received 454 more outperform votes than Carlisle Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.13% of users gave Carlisle Companies an outperform vote while only 59.60% of users gave 3M an outperform vote.
In the previous week, 3M had 9 more articles in the media than Carlisle Companies. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for 3M and 27 mentions for Carlisle Companies. 3M's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Carlisle Companies' score of 0.46 indicating that 3M is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Carlisle Companies beats 3M on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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