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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 investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Flowserve had 8 more articles in the media than Applied Industrial Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Flowserve and 14 mentions for Applied Industrial Technologies. Applied Industrial Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Flowserve's score of 0.81 indicating that Applied Industrial Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Flowserve
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Applied Industrial Technologies
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Flowserve has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Applied Industrial Technologies has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than 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 insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Flowserve pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. 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.

Flowserve currently has a consensus price target of $65.78, indicating a potential upside of 29.18%. Applied Industrial Technologies has a consensus price target of $285.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.77%. Given Flowserve's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Flowserve is more favorable than Applied Industrial Technologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Flowserve
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Applied Industrial Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Flowserve6.28% 18.25% 7.12%
Applied Industrial Technologies 8.61%21.78%12.74%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Flowserve$4.56B1.46$282.76M$2.2123.04
Applied Industrial Technologies$4.56B2.09$392.99M$10.1224.97

Summary

Applied Industrial Technologies beats Flowserve on 12 of the 20 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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FLS vs. The Competition

MetricFlowserveMACH IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.67B$13.33B$7.87B$22.03B
Dividend Yield1.67%24.45%4.60%3.64%
P/E Ratio23.0722.20296.8930.31
Price / Sales1.467.491,285.0866.75
Price / Cash15.1817.3028.1423.91
Price / Book3.264.404.924.74
Net Income$282.76M$498.10M$791.48M$1.01B
7 Day Performance-2.86%-0.34%0.30%0.10%
1 Month Performance-9.97%3.75%4.79%2.03%
1 Year Performance-5.16%23.32%30.61%15.75%

Flowserve Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FLS
Flowserve
4.7319 of 5 stars
$50.92
-0.6%
$65.78
+29.2%
-7.4%$6.67B$4.56B23.0716,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
AIT
Applied Industrial Technologies
4.8511 of 5 stars
$259.36
+0.4%
$285.00
+9.9%
+11.1%$9.79B$4.56B25.636,800News Coverage
Analyst Revision
CR
Crane
4.6005 of 5 stars
$182.51
+1.4%
$222.20
+21.7%
+13.4%$10.50B$2.23B24.1711,000
DOV
Dover
4.9107 of 5 stars
$166.54
0.0%
$212.42
+27.5%
-16.1%$22.84B$7.83B10.0424,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
EMR
Emerson Electric
4.6782 of 5 stars
$134.82
+0.0%
$144.29
+7.0%
+15.1%$75.88B$17.78B28.9973,000Positive News
GGG
Graco
4.4639 of 5 stars
$84.73
0.0%
$94.50
+11.5%
-5.7%$14.04B$2.17B30.054,300Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
GHM
Graham
3.8552 of 5 stars
$57.78
+3.1%
$60.00
+3.8%
+95.8%$634.19M$215.43M45.86490Gap Down
IR
Ingersoll Rand
4.5046 of 5 stars
$83.39
-0.7%
$98.00
+17.5%
-24.6%$33.14B$7.36B65.1521,000Analyst Revision
ITT
ITT
4.5278 of 5 stars
$181.06
-0.1%
$190.89
+5.4%
+12.2%$14.12B$3.63B28.4711,700Positive News
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.5699 of 5 stars
$764.56
+0.2%
$773.67
+1.2%
+14.5%$96.75B$19.85B28.1957,950Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PNR
Pentair
4.1595 of 5 stars
$112.05
-0.2%
$114.93
+2.6%
+11.7%$18.37B$4.08B30.619,750Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NYSE:FLS) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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