IEX vs. GGG, XYL, FLS, HUBB, TS, AMCR, BALL, AXON, ZBRA, and RS
Should you be buying IDEX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IDEX include Graco (GGG), Xylem (XYL), Flowserve (FLS), Hubbell (HUBB), Tenaris (TS), Amcor (AMCR), Ball (BALL), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Zebra Technologies (ZBRA), and Reliance Steel & Aluminum (RS). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
IDEX vs.
IDEX (NYSE:IEX) and Graco (NYSE:GGG) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.
IDEX has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Graco has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
IDEX received 72 more outperform votes than Graco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.40% of users gave Graco an outperform vote while only 58.77% of users gave IDEX an outperform vote.
IDEX has higher revenue and earnings than Graco. IDEX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Graco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
IDEX presently has a consensus target price of $236.17, indicating a potential upside of 14.17%. Graco has a consensus target price of $82.33, indicating a potential downside of 0.26%. Given IDEX's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe IDEX is more favorable than Graco.
Graco has a net margin of 22.44% compared to IDEX's net margin of 17.91%. Graco's return on equity of 26.12% beat IDEX's return on equity.
In the previous week, Graco had 12 more articles in the media than IDEX. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Graco and 5 mentions for IDEX. Graco's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat IDEX's score of 0.69 indicating that Graco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
96.6% of IDEX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.9% of Graco shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of IDEX shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Graco shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
IDEX pays an annual dividend of $2.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Graco pays an annual dividend of $0.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. IDEX pays out 33.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Graco pays out 33.1% 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.
Summary
IDEX and Graco tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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