GTLS vs. XYL, IR, DOV, PNR, SNA, WWD, GGG, ITT, LECO, and NDSN
Should you be buying Chart Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chart Industries include Xylem (XYL), Ingersoll Rand (IR), Dover (DOV), Pentair (PNR), Snap-On (SNA), Woodward (WWD), Graco (GGG), ITT (ITT), Lincoln Electric (LECO), and Nordson (NDSN). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Chart Industries vs. Its Competitors
Chart Industries (NYSE:GTLS) and Xylem (NYSE:XYL) are both industrial machinery companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.
88.0% of Xylem shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Chart Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Xylem 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.
Chart Industries currently has a consensus price target of $202.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.85%. Xylem has a consensus price target of $152.33, suggesting a potential upside of 3.07%. Given Xylem's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Xylem is more favorable than Chart Industries.
Chart Industries has a beta of 1.71, meaning that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xylem has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Xylem had 18 more articles in the media than Chart Industries. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Xylem and 11 mentions for Chart Industries. Xylem's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Chart Industries' score of 0.98 indicating that Xylem is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Xylem has higher revenue and earnings than Chart Industries. Chart Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Xylem, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Xylem has a net margin of 10.74% compared to Chart Industries' net margin of 6.29%. Chart Industries' return on equity of 13.71% beat Xylem's return on equity.
Summary
Xylem beats Chart Industries on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:GTLS) was last updated on 10/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
