IEX vs. GGG, FLS, XYL, AVY, PKG, NDSN, CNHI, BALL, SWK, and ZBRA
Should you be buying IDEX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IDEX include Graco (GGG), Flowserve (FLS), Xylem (XYL), Avery Dennison (AVY), Packaging Co. of America (PKG), Nordson (NDSN), CNH Industrial (CNHI), Ball (BALL), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), and Zebra Technologies (ZBRA). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
IDEX (NYSE:IEX) and Graco (NYSE:GGG) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
IDEX has higher revenue and earnings than Graco. Graco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IDEX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
IDEX has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Graco has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, IDEX had 21 more articles in the media than Graco. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for IDEX and 12 mentions for Graco. Graco's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat IDEX's score of 0.31 indicating that Graco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
IDEX presently has a consensus target price of $241.67, indicating a potential upside of 8.08%. Graco has a consensus target price of $84.80, indicating a potential upside of 1.18%. Given IDEX's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe IDEX is more favorable than Graco.
Graco has a net margin of 23.07% compared to IDEX's net margin of 17.89%. Graco's return on equity of 24.61% beat IDEX's return on equity.
IDEX received 74 more outperform votes than Graco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.15% of users gave Graco an outperform vote while only 58.49% of users gave IDEX an outperform vote.
98.0% of IDEX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Graco shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of IDEX shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Graco shares are owned by 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.
IDEX pays an annual dividend of $2.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Graco pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. IDEX pays out 33.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Graco pays out 34.7% 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 beats Graco on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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