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S&P 500   4,604.37
DOW   36,247.87
QQQ   392.17
Dozens of animals taken from Virginia roadside zoo as part of investigation
Military-themed brewery wants to open in a big Navy town. An ex-SEAL is getting in the way
Elon Musk restores X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones
Cows in Rotterdam harbor, seedlings on rafts in India; are floating farms the future?
Agriculture gets its day at COP28, but experts see big barriers to cutting emissions
Consumer product agency issues warning on small magnetic balls linked to deaths
At UN climate talks, cameras are everywhere. Many belong to Emirati company with a murky history
S&P 500   4,604.37
DOW   36,247.87
QQQ   392.17
Dozens of animals taken from Virginia roadside zoo as part of investigation
Military-themed brewery wants to open in a big Navy town. An ex-SEAL is getting in the way
Elon Musk restores X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones
Cows in Rotterdam harbor, seedlings on rafts in India; are floating farms the future?
Agriculture gets its day at COP28, but experts see big barriers to cutting emissions
Consumer product agency issues warning on small magnetic balls linked to deaths
At UN climate talks, cameras are everywhere. Many belong to Emirati company with a murky history
S&P 500   4,604.37
DOW   36,247.87
QQQ   392.17
Dozens of animals taken from Virginia roadside zoo as part of investigation
Military-themed brewery wants to open in a big Navy town. An ex-SEAL is getting in the way
Elon Musk restores X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones
Cows in Rotterdam harbor, seedlings on rafts in India; are floating farms the future?
Agriculture gets its day at COP28, but experts see big barriers to cutting emissions
Consumer product agency issues warning on small magnetic balls linked to deaths
At UN climate talks, cameras are everywhere. Many belong to Emirati company with a murky history

Hubbell (HUBB) Competitors

$308.17
+1.92 (+0.63%)
(As of 12/8/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$306.90
$310.89
50-Day Range
$270.10
$310.74
52-Week Range
$219.77
$340.06
Volume
335,382 shs
Average Volume
401,374 shs
Market Capitalization
$16.52 billion
P/E Ratio
23.42
Dividend Yield
1.58%
Price Target
$315.50

HUBB vs. AVY, IEX, PKG, AXON, CNHI, BALL, SWK, GGG, NDSN, and AMCR

Should you be buying Hubbell stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hubbell include Avery Dennison (AVY), IDEX (IEX), Packaging Co. of America (PKG), Axon Enterprise (AXON), CNH Industrial (CNHI), Ball (BALL), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), Graco (GGG), Nordson (NDSN), and Amcor (AMCR). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.

Hubbell vs.

Avery Dennison (NYSE:AVY) and Hubbell (NYSE:HUBB) 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 analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking and valuation.

Avery Dennison pays an annual dividend of $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Hubbell pays an annual dividend of $4.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Avery Dennison pays out 54.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hubbell pays out 37.1% 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. Avery Dennison has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Hubbell has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years.

Avery Dennison has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hubbell has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Avery Dennison currently has a consensus price target of $207.25, suggesting a potential upside of 8.11%. Hubbell has a consensus price target of $315.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2.38%. Given Hubbell's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Avery Dennison is more favorable than Hubbell.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Avery Dennison
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Hubbell
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Avery Dennison$9.04B1.71$757.10M$5.9532.22
Hubbell$4.95B3.34$545.90M$13.1623.42

91.1% of Avery Dennison shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.0% of Hubbell shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Avery Dennison shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Hubbell shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Avery Dennison received 84 more outperform votes than Hubbell when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.52% of users gave Hubbell an outperform vote while only 56.90% of users gave Avery Dennison an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Avery DennisonOutperform Votes
400
56.90%
Underperform Votes
303
43.10%
HubbellOutperform Votes
316
58.52%
Underperform Votes
224
41.48%

Hubbell has a net margin of 13.56% compared to Hubbell's net margin of 5.83%. Avery Dennison's return on equity of 30.09% beat Hubbell's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Avery Dennison5.83% 29.38% 7.35%
Hubbell 13.56%30.09%13.82%

In the previous week, Hubbell had 10 more articles in the media than Avery Dennison. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Hubbell and 5 mentions for Avery Dennison. Hubbell's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Avery Dennison's score of 0.50 indicating that Avery Dennison is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Avery Dennison
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Hubbell
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Avery Dennison beats Hubbell on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.


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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

MetricHubbellElectronic components & accessories IndustryIndustrial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$16.52B$2.84B$7.86B$15.80B
Dividend Yield1.59%1.32%2.10%3.67%
P/E Ratio23.4211.6421.3925.93
Price / Sales3.343.617.175.31
Price / Cash22.7214.9916.6717.59
Price / Book6.983.093.156.56
Net Income$545.90M$146.89M$424.61M$900.86M
7 Day Performance1.55%-0.28%-0.13%2.63%
1 Month Performance6.47%6.29%4.94%12.83%
1 Year Performance23.22%-3.32%44.74%7.28%

Hubbell Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AVY
Avery Dennison
2.4983 of 5 stars
$193.21
-0.8%
$207.25
+7.3%
+7.9%$15.56B$9.04B32.4736,000Ex-Dividend
Positive News
IEX
IDEX
2.688 of 5 stars
$201.59
-1.3%
$231.30
+14.7%
-12.9%$15.25B$3.30B24.838,868News Coverage
Positive News
PKG
Packaging Co. of America
1.8858 of 5 stars
$165.29
-1.8%
$151.83
-8.1%
+21.3%$14.81B$8.48B19.0215,100Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
AXON
Axon Enterprise
1.5296 of 5 stars
$231.72
-1.9%
$245.64
+6.0%
+40.2%$17.36B$1.19B118.833,734Insider Selling
CNHI
CNH Industrial
2.7792 of 5 stars
$10.96
-0.1%
$18.13
+65.4%
-30.5%$14.58B$23.55B6.3740,070News Coverage
High Trading Volume
BALL
Ball
2.0794 of 5 stars
$56.26
-0.7%
$58.40
+3.8%
+7.4%$17.74B$15.35B29.3021,000Analyst Revision
SWK
Stanley Black & Decker
2.0788 of 5 stars
$91.36
-2.9%
$97.80
+7.0%
+17.2%$14.01B$16.95B-234.2554,200Insider Selling
News Coverage
Positive News
GGG
Graco
2.4375 of 5 stars
$81.57
-1.0%
$80.50
-1.3%
+21.7%$13.77B$2.14B26.834,000Dividend Increase
Positive News
NDSN
Nordson
2.0798 of 5 stars
$237.99
-1.0%
$258.83
+8.8%
+2.7%$13.57B$2.59B27.427,331Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
AMCR
Amcor
1.7525 of 5 stars
$9.37
-1.2%
$10.40
+11.0%
-22.0%$13.55B$14.69B14.2041,000

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