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Illinois Tool Works (ITW) Competitors

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ITW vs. AIT, AOS, DCI, DE, DOV, GGG, IR, ITT, OI, and XYL

Should you be buying Illinois Tool Works stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Illinois Tool Works include Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), A. O. Smith (AOS), Donaldson (DCI), Deere & Company (DE), Dover (DOV), Graco (GGG), Ingersoll Rand (IR), ITT (ITT), O-I Glass (OI), and Xylem (XYL).

Illinois Tool Works vs. Its Competitors

Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE:AIT) and Illinois Tool Works (NYSE:ITW) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.

Illinois Tool Works has higher revenue and earnings than Applied Industrial Technologies. Illinois Tool Works is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Applied Industrial Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Applied Industrial Technologies$4.56B2.16$392.99M$10.1225.82
Illinois Tool Works$15.90B4.49$3.49B$11.4121.48

93.5% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.8% of Illinois Tool Works shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Illinois Tool Works shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Applied Industrial Technologies has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Illinois Tool Works has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Illinois Tool Works has a net margin of 21.31% compared to Applied Industrial Technologies' net margin of 8.61%. Illinois Tool Works' return on equity of 90.89% beat Applied Industrial Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Applied Industrial Technologies8.61% 21.78% 12.74%
Illinois Tool Works 21.31%90.89%19.17%

In the previous week, Illinois Tool Works had 18 more articles in the media than Applied Industrial Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Illinois Tool Works and 9 mentions for Applied Industrial Technologies. Applied Industrial Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Illinois Tool Works' score of 1.18 indicating that Applied Industrial Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Applied Industrial Technologies
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Illinois Tool Works
15 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Applied Industrial Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Illinois Tool Works pays an annual dividend of $6.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Applied Industrial Technologies pays out 18.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Illinois Tool Works pays out 56.4% 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. Applied Industrial Technologies has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years and Illinois Tool Works has increased its dividend for 55 consecutive years. Illinois Tool Works is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Applied Industrial Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $285.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.07%. Illinois Tool Works has a consensus target price of $262.83, suggesting a potential upside of 7.26%. Given Applied Industrial Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Applied Industrial Technologies is more favorable than Illinois Tool Works.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Applied Industrial Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
Illinois Tool Works
3 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.92

Summary

Illinois Tool Works beats Applied Industrial Technologies on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ITW vs. The Competition

MetricIllinois Tool WorksMACH IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$71.15B$13.68B$7.91B$22.06B
Dividend Yield2.55%24.33%4.58%3.59%
P/E Ratio21.3921.8325.1933.06
Price / Sales4.497.741,263.5760.78
Price / Cash21.7917.6827.8724.20
Price / Book21.824.494.944.69
Net Income$3.49B$498.10M$790.14M$1.01B
7 Day Performance-1.77%3.97%1.64%2.38%
1 Month Performance-5.61%7.21%2.55%1.34%
1 Year Performance-4.10%31.05%30.71%13.67%

Illinois Tool Works Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ITW
Illinois Tool Works
4.3807 of 5 stars
$245.05
-4.8%
$262.83
+7.3%
+0.5%$71.15B$15.90B21.3944,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Gap Down
AIT
Applied Industrial Technologies
4.442 of 5 stars
$247.62
+0.6%
$285.00
+15.1%
+16.1%$9.35B$4.56B24.466,800Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
AOS
A. O. Smith
4.7549 of 5 stars
$67.82
+0.1%
$77.43
+14.2%
-10.6%$9.50B$3.79B18.8812,700Upcoming Earnings
DCI
Donaldson
4.4037 of 5 stars
$81.23
+1.7%
$80.33
-1.1%
+12.8%$9.40B$3.69B26.6115,000
DE
Deere & Company
4.6193 of 5 stars
$439.26
-1.6%
$513.88
+17.0%
+14.9%$118.82B$51.72B22.9875,800Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
DOV
Dover
4.94 of 5 stars
$161.51
+0.0%
$212.42
+31.5%
-5.5%$22.15B$7.75B9.7424,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
GGG
Graco
4.4395 of 5 stars
$81.10
+1.1%
$94.50
+16.5%
-1.5%$13.43B$2.11B28.744,300News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
IR
Ingersoll Rand
4.2865 of 5 stars
$76.53
+0.6%
$98.00
+28.1%
-16.6%$30.43B$7.24B59.8221,000Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
ITT
ITT
4.6796 of 5 stars
$172.30
+0.8%
$190.89
+10.8%
+21.4%$13.42B$3.70B27.0511,700Upcoming Earnings
OI
O-I Glass
4.2969 of 5 stars
$11.47
-1.4%
$16.56
+44.4%
+1.7%$1.77B$6.48B-6.9621,000Positive News
XYL
Xylem
4.5801 of 5 stars
$145.92
+1.1%
$154.67
+6.0%
+12.2%$35.54B$8.56B37.9223,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast

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