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ETN vs. AIT, AOS, APH, AZZ, DE, ENS, HUBB, IR, NVT, and PH

Should you be buying Eaton stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eaton include Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), A. O. Smith (AOS), Amphenol (APH), AZZ (AZZ), Deere & Company (DE), Enersys (ENS), Hubbell (HUBB), Ingersoll Rand (IR), nVent Electric (NVT), and Parker-Hannifin (PH).

Eaton vs. Its Competitors

Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE:AIT) and Eaton (NYSE:ETN) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.

In the previous week, Eaton had 47 more articles in the media than Applied Industrial Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 70 mentions for Eaton and 23 mentions for Applied Industrial Technologies. Eaton's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Applied Industrial Technologies' score of 0.99 indicating that Eaton is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Applied Industrial Technologies
14 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Eaton
47 Very Positive mention(s)
14 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Eaton has a net margin of 15.11% compared to Applied Industrial Technologies' net margin of 8.61%. Eaton's return on equity of 23.91% beat Applied Industrial Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Applied Industrial Technologies8.61% 21.78% 12.74%
Eaton 15.11%23.91%11.38%

Applied Industrial Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $285.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.06%. Eaton has a consensus price target of $379.10, indicating a potential upside of 6.63%. Given Applied Industrial Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Applied Industrial Technologies is more favorable than Eaton.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Applied Industrial Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
Eaton
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.61

Eaton has higher revenue and earnings than Applied Industrial Technologies. Applied Industrial Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eaton, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Applied Industrial Technologies$4.56B2.20$392.99M$10.1226.30
Eaton$24.88B5.56$3.79B$9.9435.77

Applied Industrial Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Eaton pays an annual dividend of $4.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Applied Industrial Technologies pays out 18.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eaton pays out 41.9% 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. Applied Industrial Technologies has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years.

Applied Industrial Technologies has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eaton has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

93.5% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of Eaton shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Eaton shares are owned by 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

Eaton beats Applied Industrial Technologies on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ETN vs. The Competition

MetricEatonMACH IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$136.80B$24.11B$7.71B$21.30B
Dividend Yield1.18%0.96%4.55%3.51%
P/E Ratio35.7720.3926.1329.34
Price / Sales5.5630.7898.1550.88
Price / Cash26.5220.8028.6723.86
Price / Book7.423.994.135.39
Net Income$3.79B$702.35M$796.90M$996.59M
7 Day Performance2.35%0.72%0.12%0.45%
1 Month Performance-8.87%7.93%0.54%3.51%
1 Year Performance18.08%5.08%27.57%12.13%

Eaton Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ETN
Eaton
4.5073 of 5 stars
$355.53
+1.2%
$379.10
+6.6%
+21.1%$136.80B$24.88B35.7794,000Trending News
AIT
Applied Industrial Technologies
3.8758 of 5 stars
$264.09
-1.1%
$284.29
+7.6%
+30.8%$9.97B$4.56B26.106,800
AOS
A. O. Smith
4.6772 of 5 stars
$72.59
-1.4%
$77.43
+6.7%
-12.4%$10.17B$3.79B20.2212,700Positive News
APH
Amphenol
4.275 of 5 stars
$109.74
+0.3%
$105.62
-3.8%
+68.9%$133.98B$18.82B43.72125,000Positive News
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AZZ
AZZ
4.2796 of 5 stars
$115.20
-1.0%
$112.29
-2.5%
+44.3%$3.46B$1.58B13.353,684
DE
Deere & Company
4.0948 of 5 stars
$488.19
-1.6%
$523.87
+7.3%
+30.1%$132.22B$51.72B25.5275,800Positive News
Dividend Announcement
ENS
Enersys
4.3212 of 5 stars
$101.42
-0.6%
$118.33
+16.7%
+3.6%$3.80B$3.62B11.5810,858Positive News
HUBB
Hubbell
3.275 of 5 stars
$437.98
-0.7%
$462.29
+5.5%
+14.6%$23.27B$5.63B28.4417,700Positive News
IR
Ingersoll Rand
4.4737 of 5 stars
$79.74
-1.1%
$97.75
+22.6%
-10.2%$31.69B$7.24B62.3021,000Positive News
NVT
nVent Electric
4.2941 of 5 stars
$89.41
-0.7%
$87.00
-2.7%
+41.7%$14.39B$3.31B25.4712,100Positive News
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.6198 of 5 stars
$749.89
-0.3%
$768.71
+2.5%
+30.5%$95.82B$19.85B27.6561,120Positive News
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