GTLS vs. DOV, PNR, SNA, WWD, GGG, IEX, ITT, NDSN, RBC, and LECO
Should you be buying Chart Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chart Industries include Dover (DOV), Pentair (PNR), Snap-On (SNA), Woodward (WWD), Graco (GGG), IDEX (IEX), ITT (ITT), Nordson (NDSN), RBC Bearings (RBC), and Lincoln Electric (LECO). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Chart Industries vs. Its Competitors
Chart Industries (NYSE:GTLS) and Dover (NYSE:DOV) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Chart Industries has a beta of 1.68, indicating that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dover has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dover has higher revenue and earnings than Chart Industries. Dover is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chart Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
84.5% of Dover shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Chart Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Dover shares are held by company 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.
Dover has a net margin of 28.85% compared to Chart Industries' net margin of 5.93%. Dover's return on equity of 19.54% beat Chart Industries' return on equity.
In the previous week, Dover had 27 more articles in the media than Chart Industries. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Dover and 13 mentions for Chart Industries. Chart Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Dover's score of 0.38 indicating that Chart Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Chart Industries currently has a consensus target price of $200.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.57%. Dover has a consensus target price of $206.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.30%. Given Chart Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Chart Industries is more favorable than Dover.
Summary
Dover beats Chart Industries on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:GTLS) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff