GGG vs. IEX, XYL, FLS, SWK, PKG, NDSN, HUBB, AOS, LECO, and AVY
Should you be buying Graco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Graco include IDEX (IEX), Xylem (XYL), Flowserve (FLS), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), Packaging Co. of America (PKG), Nordson (NDSN), Hubbell (HUBB), A. O. Smith (AOS), Lincoln Electric (LECO), and Avery Dennison (AVY). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Graco vs.
Graco (NYSE:GGG) and IDEX (NYSE:IEX) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
IDEX received 72 more outperform votes than Graco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.88% of users gave Graco an outperform vote while only 59.21% of users gave IDEX an outperform vote.
Graco has a net margin of 21.49% compared to IDEX's net margin of 18.44%. Graco's return on equity of 25.67% beat IDEX's return on equity.
Graco presently has a consensus price target of $73.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.72%. IDEX has a consensus price target of $239.91, indicating a potential upside of 9.33%. Given IDEX's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe IDEX is more favorable than Graco.
In the previous week, Graco had 1 more articles in the media than IDEX. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Graco and 6 mentions for IDEX. Graco's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat IDEX's score of 0.44 indicating that Graco is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Graco pays an annual dividend of $0.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. IDEX pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Graco pays out 35.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IDEX pays out 31.1% 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.
85.9% of Graco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.6% of IDEX shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of Graco shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of IDEX shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
IDEX has higher revenue and earnings than Graco. Graco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IDEX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Graco has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IDEX has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
IDEX beats Graco on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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