ITT (ITT) Competitors

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.

Do analysts prefer ITT or IEP?

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.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ITT	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
Icahn Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, ITT or IEP?

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.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ITT or IEP?

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.

Is ITT or IEP a better dividend stock?

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.

Does the media favor ITT or IEP?

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.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ITT	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Icahn Enterprises	5 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is ITT or IEP more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ITT	12.82%	17.85%	10.33%
Icahn Enterprises	-6.08%	-8.15%	-2.86%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ITT or IEP?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ITT	Outperform Votes 423 56.55%	Underperform Votes 325 43.45%
Icahn Enterprises	Outperform Votes 261 64.13%	Underperform Votes 146 35.87%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, ITT or IEP?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ITT	$2.99 billion	2.17	$367 million	$4.71	16.67
Icahn Enterprises	$13.94 billion	0.58	-$183 million	-$2.27	-9.61

Summary

ITT beats Icahn Enterprises on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.