ETN vs. EMR, ROP, AME, ROK, ENPH, GNRC, AYI, FELE, WIRE, and ENS
Should you be buying Eaton stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eaton include Emerson Electric (EMR), Roper Technologies (ROP), AMETEK (AME), Rockwell Automation (ROK), Enphase Energy (ENPH), Generac (GNRC), Acuity Brands (AYI), Franklin Electric (FELE), Encore Wire (WIRE), and EnerSys (ENS). These companies are all part of the "electrical components & equipment" industry.
Eaton (NYSE:ETN) and Emerson Electric (NYSE:EMR) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.
Emerson Electric has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Eaton. Emerson Electric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eaton, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Emerson Electric has a net margin of 64.97% compared to Eaton's net margin of 14.38%. Eaton's return on equity of 20.69% beat Emerson Electric's return on equity.
Eaton received 196 more outperform votes than Emerson Electric when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.59% of users gave Eaton an outperform vote while only 58.22% of users gave Emerson Electric an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Eaton had 6 more articles in the media than Emerson Electric. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Eaton and 13 mentions for Emerson Electric. Emerson Electric's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Eaton's score of 0.73 indicating that Emerson Electric is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Eaton currently has a consensus target price of $323.06, suggesting a potential upside of 8.49%. Emerson Electric has a consensus target price of $123.44, suggesting a potential upside of 5.65%. Given Eaton's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Eaton is more favorable than Emerson Electric.
83.0% of Eaton shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.3% of Emerson Electric shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Eaton shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Emerson Electric shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Eaton has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Emerson Electric has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Eaton pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Emerson Electric pays an annual dividend of $2.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Eaton pays out 44.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Emerson Electric pays out 11.2% 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
Eaton beats Emerson Electric on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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