GTLS vs. DOV, IEX, PNR, SNA, GGG, NDSN, SWK, ITT, LECO, and WWD
Should you be buying Chart Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chart Industries include Dover (DOV), IDEX (IEX), Pentair (PNR), Snap-on (SNA), Graco (GGG), Nordson (NDSN), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), ITT (ITT), Lincoln Electric (LECO), and Woodward (WWD). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Chart Industries (NYSE:GTLS) and Dover (NYSE:DOV) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.
In the previous week, Dover had 38 more articles in the media than Chart Industries. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Dover and 9 mentions for Chart Industries. Chart Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Dover's score of 0.28 indicating that Chart Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
84.5% of Dover shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Chart Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Dover shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Dover has a net margin of 17.28% compared to Chart Industries' net margin of 1.59%. Dover's return on equity of 25.04% beat Chart Industries' return on equity.
Chart Industries has a beta of 1.74, suggesting that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dover has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Chart Industries presently has a consensus price target of $198.77, suggesting a potential upside of 23.25%. Dover has a consensus price target of $192.63, suggesting a potential upside of 3.98%. Given Chart Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Chart Industries is more favorable than Dover.
Dover received 252 more outperform votes than Chart Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.65% of users gave Chart Industries an outperform vote while only 61.61% of users gave Dover an outperform vote.
Summary
Dover beats Chart Industries on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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