ITT vs. IEP, IAC, FSS, CSL, VGR, GFF, SPLP, LXU, NPK, and TROO
Should you be buying ITT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ITT include Icahn Enterprises (IEP), IAC (IAC), Federal Signal (FSS), Carlisle Companies (CSL), Vector Group (VGR), Griffon (GFF), Steel Partners (SPLP), LSB Industries (LXU), National Presto Industries (NPK), and TROOPS (TROO). These companies are all part of the "multi-sector conglomerates" sector.
ITT vs.
ITT (NYSE:ITT) and Icahn Enterprises (NASDAQ:IEP) are both mid-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and earnings.
ITT presently has a consensus target price of $96.38, indicating a potential upside of 22.76%. Given ITT's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe ITT is more favorable than Icahn Enterprises.
ITT has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Icahn Enterprises has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
90.2% of ITT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of Icahn Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of ITT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 90.1% of Icahn Enterprises shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
ITT pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Icahn Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $8.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 36.7%. ITT pays out 24.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Icahn Enterprises pays out -352.4% 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. Icahn Enterprises is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Icahn Enterprises had 15 more articles in the media than ITT. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Icahn Enterprises and 4 mentions for ITT. Icahn Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat ITT's score of 0.30 indicating that Icahn Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ITT has a net margin of 12.82% compared to Icahn Enterprises' net margin of -6.08%. ITT's return on equity of 17.85% beat Icahn Enterprises' return on equity.
ITT received 162 more outperform votes than Icahn Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.13% of users gave Icahn Enterprises an outperform vote while only 56.55% of users gave ITT an outperform vote.
ITT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Icahn Enterprises. Icahn Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ITT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
ITT beats Icahn Enterprises on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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