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HUBB vs. AME, APH, EME, ETN, FIX, IR, ITT, NVT, PH, and TT

Should you be buying Hubbell stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hubbell include AMETEK (AME), Amphenol (APH), EMCOR Group (EME), Eaton (ETN), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), Ingersoll Rand (IR), ITT (ITT), nVent Electric (NVT), Parker-Hannifin (PH), and Trane Technologies (TT).

Hubbell vs. Its Competitors

Hubbell (NYSE:HUBB) and AMETEK (NYSE:AME) are related large-cap companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Hubbell currently has a consensus target price of $456.25, indicating a potential upside of 4.30%. AMETEK has a consensus target price of $197.30, indicating a potential upside of 9.80%. Given AMETEK's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AMETEK is more favorable than Hubbell.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hubbell
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38
AMETEK
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.54

Hubbell pays an annual dividend of $5.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. AMETEK pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Hubbell pays out 35.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AMETEK pays out 20.3% 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. Hubbell has raised its dividend for 17 consecutive years and AMETEK has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Hubbell is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

88.2% of Hubbell shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of AMETEK shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Hubbell shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of AMETEK shares are owned 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.

In the previous week, AMETEK had 9 more articles in the media than Hubbell. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for AMETEK and 11 mentions for Hubbell. AMETEK's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Hubbell's score of 0.98 indicating that AMETEK is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hubbell
7 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
AMETEK
13 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Hubbell has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMETEK has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

AMETEK has higher revenue and earnings than Hubbell. AMETEK is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hubbell, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hubbell$5.63B4.15$777.80M$14.7829.60
AMETEK$6.94B5.98$1.38B$6.1129.41

AMETEK has a net margin of 20.43% compared to Hubbell's net margin of 14.29%. Hubbell's return on equity of 27.68% beat AMETEK's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hubbell14.29% 27.68% 12.98%
AMETEK 20.43%16.75%10.90%

Summary

AMETEK beats Hubbell on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HUBB and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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HUBB vs. The Competition

MetricHubbellMACH IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$23.35B$9.74B$7.75B$21.05B
Dividend Yield1.23%1.14%4.55%3.62%
P/E Ratio29.6014.8225.6227.79
Price / Sales4.152.29101.7771.63
Price / Cash20.7820.7827.8422.61
Price / Book7.163.874.484.67
Net Income$777.80M$386.09M$795.63M$993.85M
7 Day Performance0.06%-0.19%1.48%1.16%
1 Month Performance8.39%6.70%6.63%4.99%
1 Year Performance22.61%55.64%31.72%12.52%

Hubbell Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HUBB
Hubbell
2.3616 of 5 stars
$437.45
+0.6%
$456.25
+4.3%
+14.5%$23.35B$5.63B29.6017,700Upcoming Earnings
AME
AMETEK
4.2593 of 5 stars
$178.20
-1.5%
$197.30
+10.7%
+5.4%$41.14B$6.94B29.1721,500Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
APH
Amphenol
4.4667 of 5 stars
$100.28
+1.5%
$91.64
-8.6%
+51.8%$121.29B$15.22B48.68125,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
EME
EMCOR Group
3.858 of 5 stars
$557.27
+0.6%
$532.00
-4.5%
+51.2%$24.94B$15.00B24.6340,400Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
ETN
Eaton
4.4243 of 5 stars
$360.32
-0.1%
$375.00
+4.1%
+18.0%$140.99B$24.88B36.3694,000Trending News
Dividend Announcement
FIX
Comfort Systems USA
3.8771 of 5 stars
$544.51
+0.9%
$572.60
+5.2%
+65.9%$19.21B$7.32B32.6618,300Positive News
IR
Ingersoll Rand
4.3024 of 5 stars
$87.69
-1.5%
$99.42
+13.4%
-13.3%$35.38B$7.28B43.4121,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
ITT
ITT
4.5047 of 5 stars
$158.11
+0.2%
$170.00
+7.5%
+12.8%$12.44B$3.63B25.1411,700Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
NVT
nVent Electric
3.3457 of 5 stars
$74.96
+0.1%
$78.33
+4.5%
-1.3%$12.34B$3.01B21.4212,100Analyst Upgrade
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.3018 of 5 stars
$712.31
-0.4%
$735.88
+3.3%
+32.1%$91.02B$19.93B27.4361,120Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TT
Trane Technologies
4.5045 of 5 stars
$438.77
+0.3%
$437.80
-0.2%
+33.2%$97.86B$19.84B36.5045,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NYSE:HUBB) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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