DHR vs. HON, MMM, CSL, ITT, IEP, FSS, IAC, GFF, WOR, and BATRA
Should you be buying Danaher stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Danaher include Honeywell International (HON), 3M (MMM), Carlisle Companies (CSL), ITT (ITT), Icahn Enterprises (IEP), Federal Signal (FSS), IAC (IAC), Griffon (GFF), Worthington Enterprises (WOR), and Atlanta Braves (BATRA). These companies are all part of the "multi-sector conglomerates" sector.
Danaher (NYSE:DHR) and Honeywell International (NASDAQ:HON) are both large-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and community ranking.
79.1% of Danaher shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Honeywell International shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.1% of Danaher shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Honeywell International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Danaher has a net margin of 16.78% compared to Honeywell International's net margin of 15.43%. Honeywell International's return on equity of 35.17% beat Danaher's return on equity.
Danaher pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Honeywell International pays an annual dividend of $4.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Danaher pays out 18.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Honeywell International pays out 51.0% 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.
Danaher presently has a consensus target price of $270.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.56%. Honeywell International has a consensus target price of $219.67, indicating a potential upside of 13.55%. Given Honeywell International's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Honeywell International is more favorable than Danaher.
Honeywell International has higher revenue and earnings than Danaher. Honeywell International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Danaher, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Danaher had 21 more articles in the media than Honeywell International. MarketBeat recorded 67 mentions for Danaher and 46 mentions for Honeywell International. Honeywell International's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Danaher's score of 0.47 indicating that Honeywell International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Honeywell International received 156 more outperform votes than Danaher when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.63% of users gave Honeywell International an outperform vote while only 74.73% of users gave Danaher an outperform vote.
Danaher has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Honeywell International has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Honeywell International beats Danaher on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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