ITT vs. IEP, FSS, IAC, GFF, CSL, WOR, MKL, BATRA, VGR, and FBYD
Should you be buying ITT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ITT include Icahn Enterprises (IEP), Federal Signal (FSS), IAC (IAC), Griffon (GFF), Carlisle Companies (CSL), Worthington Enterprises (WOR), Markel Group (MKL), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), Vector Group (VGR), and Falcon's Beyond Global (FBYD). These companies are all part of the "multi-sector conglomerates" sector.
Icahn Enterprises (NASDAQ:IEP) and ITT (NYSE:ITT) are both multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, ITT had 12 more articles in the media than Icahn Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for ITT and 1 mentions for Icahn Enterprises. Icahn Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat ITT's score of 0.00 indicating that ITT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ITT has a net margin of 12.50% compared to ITT's net margin of -6.21%. Icahn Enterprises' return on equity of 17.91% beat ITT's return on equity.
Icahn Enterprises presently has a consensus price target of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 55.35%. ITT has a consensus price target of $135.57, indicating a potential upside of 2.96%. Given ITT's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Icahn Enterprises is more favorable than ITT.
87.1% of Icahn Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of ITT shares are owned by institutional investors. 90.1% of Icahn Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of ITT shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Icahn Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 23.1%. ITT pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Icahn Enterprises pays out -221.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ITT pays out 25.8% 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. ITT has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Icahn Enterprises is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
ITT has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Icahn Enterprises has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ITT has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ITT received 178 more outperform votes than Icahn Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.83% of users gave Icahn Enterprises an outperform vote while only 57.12% of users gave ITT an outperform vote.
Summary
ITT beats Icahn Enterprises on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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