CSL vs. ITT, IEP, IAC, FSS, VGR, GFF, SPLP, LXU, NPK, and TROO
Should you be buying Carlisle Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carlisle Companies include ITT (ITT), Icahn Enterprises (IEP), IAC (IAC), Federal Signal (FSS), Vector Group (VGR), Griffon (GFF), Steel Partners (SPLP), LSB Industries (LXU), National Presto Industries (NPK), and TROOPS (TROO). These companies are all part of the "multi-sector conglomerates" sector.
Carlisle Companies vs.
Carlisle Companies (NYSE:CSL) and ITT (NYSE:ITT) are both multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations and dividends.
In the previous week, Carlisle Companies had 14 more articles in the media than ITT. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Carlisle Companies and 3 mentions for ITT. ITT's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Carlisle Companies' score of 0.31 indicating that ITT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Carlisle Companies received 5 more outperform votes than ITT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.68% of users gave Carlisle Companies an outperform vote while only 56.53% of users gave ITT an outperform vote.
Carlisle Companies pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. ITT pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Carlisle Companies pays out 17.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ITT pays out 26.4% 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 a net margin of 14.02% compared to ITT's net margin of 12.28%. Carlisle Companies' return on equity of 36.27% beat ITT's return on equity.
Carlisle Companies presently has a consensus target price of $329.17, suggesting a potential upside of 49.48%. ITT has a consensus target price of $95.30, suggesting a potential upside of 14.65%. Given Carlisle Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Carlisle Companies is more favorable than ITT.
89.8% of Carlisle Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.2% of ITT shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Carlisle Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of ITT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Carlisle Companies has higher revenue and earnings than ITT. Carlisle Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ITT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Carlisle Companies has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ITT has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Carlisle Companies beats ITT on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CSL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Carlisle Companies Competitors List
