FLS vs. AIT, CR, DOV, EMR, GGG, GHM, IR, ITT, PH, and PNR
Should you be buying Flowserve stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Flowserve include Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), Crane (CR), Dover (DOV), Emerson Electric (EMR), Graco (GGG), Graham (GHM), Ingersoll Rand (IR), ITT (ITT), Parker-Hannifin (PH), and Pentair (PNR).
Flowserve vs. Its Competitors
Flowserve (NYSE:FLS) and Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE:AIT) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.
Applied Industrial Technologies has a net margin of 8.61% compared to Flowserve's net margin of 6.28%. Applied Industrial Technologies' return on equity of 21.78% beat Flowserve's return on equity.
Flowserve has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Applied Industrial Technologies has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
93.9% of Flowserve shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Flowserve shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Flowserve had 4 more articles in the media than Applied Industrial Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Flowserve and 16 mentions for Applied Industrial Technologies. Flowserve's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Applied Industrial Technologies' score of 1.12 indicating that Flowserve is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Applied Industrial Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Flowserve. Flowserve is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Applied Industrial Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Flowserve currently has a consensus target price of $65.78, indicating a potential upside of 16.83%. Applied Industrial Technologies has a consensus target price of $285.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.35%. Given Flowserve's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Flowserve is more favorable than Applied Industrial Technologies.
Flowserve pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Applied Industrial Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Flowserve pays out 38.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Applied Industrial Technologies pays out 18.2% 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. Flowserve has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Applied Industrial Technologies has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years.
Summary
Applied Industrial Technologies beats Flowserve on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:FLS) was last updated on 9/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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