EMR vs. CTAS, PH, ITW, GWW, JCI, FERG, ABBNY, IR, ROK, and XYL
Should you be buying Emerson Electric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Emerson Electric include Cintas (CTAS), Parker-Hannifin (PH), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), W.W. Grainger (GWW), Johnson Controls International (JCI), Ferguson (FERG), ABB (ABBNY), Ingersoll Rand (IR), Rockwell Automation (ROK), and Xylem (XYL). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Emerson Electric (NYSE:EMR) and Cintas (NASDAQ:CTAS) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
Emerson Electric has a net margin of 69.33% compared to Cintas' net margin of 15.98%. Cintas' return on equity of 37.19% beat Emerson Electric's return on equity.
Emerson Electric has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cintas has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Emerson Electric pays an annual dividend of $2.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Cintas pays an annual dividend of $5.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Emerson Electric pays out 10.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cintas pays out 37.3% 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.
Emerson Electric received 168 more outperform votes than Cintas when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.16% of users gave Cintas an outperform vote while only 58.17% of users gave Emerson Electric an outperform vote.
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.
In the previous week, Emerson Electric had 3 more articles in the media than Cintas. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Emerson Electric and 10 mentions for Cintas. Cintas' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Emerson Electric's score of 1.03 indicating that Cintas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
74.3% of Emerson Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.5% of Cintas shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Emerson Electric shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.1% of Cintas shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Emerson Electric presently has a consensus price target of $116.25, suggesting a potential upside of 6.10%. Cintas has a consensus price target of $661.21, suggesting a potential downside of 0.61%. Given Emerson Electric's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Emerson Electric is more favorable than Cintas.
Summary
Emerson Electric beats Cintas on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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