FLS vs. PNR, SNA, WWD, GGG, IEX, ITT, NDSN, RBC, LECO, and CR
Should you be buying Flowserve stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Flowserve include Pentair (PNR), Snap-On (SNA), Woodward (WWD), Graco (GGG), IDEX (IEX), ITT (ITT), Nordson (NDSN), RBC Bearings (RBC), Lincoln Electric (LECO), and Crane (CR). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Flowserve vs. Its Competitors
Flowserve (NYSE:FLS) and Pentair (NYSE:PNR) are both industrial machinery companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment and earnings.
In the previous week, Pentair had 7 more articles in the media than Flowserve. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Pentair and 5 mentions for Flowserve. Pentair's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Flowserve's score of 1.22 indicating that Pentair is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
93.9% of Flowserve shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Pentair shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Flowserve shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Pentair shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Flowserve has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pentair has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Pentair has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Flowserve. Flowserve is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pentair, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Flowserve pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Pentair pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Flowserve pays out 39.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pentair pays out 25.8% 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 increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Pentair has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years.
Flowserve currently has a consensus price target of $63.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.77%. Pentair has a consensus price target of $107.14, indicating a potential upside of 1.21%. Given Flowserve's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Flowserve is more favorable than Pentair.
Pentair has a net margin of 15.87% compared to Flowserve's net margin of 6.12%. Pentair's return on equity of 21.24% beat Flowserve's return on equity.
Summary
Pentair beats Flowserve on 14 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
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:FLS) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
