EMR vs. CTAS, PH, JCI, GWW, ROK, IR, ITW, ETN, ABBNY, and DOV
Should you be buying Emerson Electric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Emerson Electric include Cintas (CTAS), Parker-Hannifin (PH), Johnson Controls International (JCI), W.W. Grainger (GWW), Rockwell Automation (ROK), Ingersoll Rand (IR), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Eaton (ETN), ABB (ABBNY), and Dover (DOV). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Emerson Electric vs.
Emerson Electric (NYSE:EMR) and Cintas (NASDAQ:CTAS) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Cintas had 7 more articles in the media than Emerson Electric. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Cintas and 5 mentions for Emerson Electric. Cintas' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Emerson Electric's score of 0.41 indicating that Cintas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Emerson Electric received 167 more outperform votes than Cintas when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.57% of users gave Cintas an outperform vote while only 57.80% of users gave Emerson Electric an outperform vote.
71.6% of Emerson Electric shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.9% of Cintas shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Emerson Electric shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.1% of Cintas shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Emerson Electric presently has a consensus target price of $98.88, indicating a potential upside of 17.38%. Cintas has a consensus target price of $505.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.86%. Given Emerson Electric's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Emerson Electric is more favorable than Cintas.
Emerson Electric has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cintas has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Emerson Electric has a net margin of 27.35% compared to Cintas' net margin of 15.06%. Cintas' return on equity of 38.12% beat Emerson Electric's return on equity.
Emerson Electric has higher revenue and earnings than Cintas. Emerson Electric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cintas, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Emerson Electric pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Cintas pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Emerson Electric pays out 25.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cintas pays out 36.9% 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. Emerson Electric is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Emerson Electric beats Cintas on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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