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$70.53 -1.09 (-1.52%)
Closing price 07/11/2025 03:58 PM Eastern
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DCI vs. FELE, LECO, DOV, FTV, GGG, IR, ITT, ITW, PH, and WTS

Should you be buying Donaldson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Donaldson include Franklin Electric (FELE), Lincoln Electric (LECO), Dover (DOV), Fortive (FTV), Graco (GGG), Ingersoll Rand (IR), ITT (ITT), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Parker-Hannifin (PH), and Watts Water Technologies (WTS).

Donaldson vs. Its Competitors

Donaldson (NYSE:DCI) and Franklin Electric (NASDAQ:FELE) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and earnings.

In the previous week, Donaldson and Donaldson both had 12 articles in the media. Franklin Electric's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Donaldson's score of 0.82 indicating that Franklin Electric is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Donaldson
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Franklin Electric
5 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Donaldson presently has a consensus price target of $70.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.75%. Franklin Electric has a consensus price target of $94.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.62%. Given Franklin Electric's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Franklin Electric is more favorable than Donaldson.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Donaldson
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Franklin Electric
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Donaldson pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Franklin Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Donaldson pays out 40.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franklin Electric pays out 27.7% 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. Donaldson has raised its dividend for 38 consecutive years and Franklin Electric has raised its dividend for 33 consecutive years. Donaldson is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Donaldson has higher revenue and earnings than Franklin Electric. Donaldson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franklin Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Donaldson$3.59B2.29$414M$2.9823.67
Franklin Electric$2.02B2.07$180.31M$3.8223.98

Donaldson has a net margin of 9.94% compared to Franklin Electric's net margin of 8.85%. Donaldson's return on equity of 28.86% beat Franklin Electric's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Donaldson9.94% 28.86% 14.63%
Franklin Electric 8.85%14.08%9.72%

Donaldson has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Electric has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

82.8% of Donaldson shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Franklin Electric shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Donaldson shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Franklin Electric shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Donaldson beats Franklin Electric on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding DCI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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.
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DCI vs. The Competition

MetricDonaldsonPOLLUTION CNTRL IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$8.35B$1.70B$7.59B$20.79B
Dividend Yield1.68%1.50%4.52%3.71%
P/E Ratio23.6710.9525.1227.89
Price / Sales2.292.53117.8342.50
Price / Cash16.6744.3727.4522.63
Price / Book5.704.074.414.57
Net Income$414M$76.38M$791.63M$988.81M
7 Day Performance-1.02%3.32%0.80%0.20%
1 Month Performance1.38%10.26%4.89%3.93%
1 Year Performance-2.34%13.54%28.10%10.27%

Donaldson Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DCI
Donaldson
3.9996 of 5 stars
$70.53
-1.5%
$70.00
-0.8%
-1.7%$8.35B$3.59B23.6714,000News Coverage
FELE
Franklin Electric
4.3838 of 5 stars
$89.74
-0.6%
$94.00
+4.7%
-6.7%$4.09B$2.02B23.496,300Positive News
LECO
Lincoln Electric
3.8107 of 5 stars
$207.32
-0.9%
$206.40
-0.4%
+14.7%$11.57B$4.01B25.5612,000News Coverage
Positive News
DOV
Dover
4.5399 of 5 stars
$183.34
+0.0%
$208.58
+13.8%
+3.8%$25.14B$7.75B11.0425,000Trending News
FTV
Fortive
4.9752 of 5 stars
$52.20
-27.1%
$82.62
+58.3%
-29.7%$17.74B$6.18B22.8918,000Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
GGG
Graco
4.0829 of 5 stars
$86.03
-0.1%
$93.00
+8.1%
+9.1%$14.38B$2.11B30.404,300Positive News
IR
Ingersoll Rand
3.8192 of 5 stars
$83.28
-1.2%
$97.80
+17.4%
-6.8%$33.60B$7.24B41.2317,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ITT
ITT
4.4286 of 5 stars
$156.93
-0.6%
$165.50
+5.5%
+19.5%$12.35B$3.63B24.9511,700News Coverage
ITW
Illinois Tool Works
4.6358 of 5 stars
$247.17
-0.4%
$253.42
+2.5%
+8.1%$72.42B$15.90B21.7446,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.3334 of 5 stars
$698.99
-0.2%
$719.71
+3.0%
+35.4%$89.32B$19.79B26.9255,100Positive News
Analyst Forecast
WTS
Watts Water Technologies
3.8841 of 5 stars
$246.51
+0.2%
$231.20
-6.2%
+36.9%$8.23B$2.25B28.244,800News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:DCI) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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