JCI vs. FERG, GWW, IR, XYL, ROK, EMR, DOV, AXON, TS, and HUBB
Should you be buying Johnson Controls International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Johnson Controls International include Ferguson (FERG), W.W. Grainger (GWW), Ingersoll Rand (IR), Xylem (XYL), Rockwell Automation (ROK), Emerson Electric (EMR), Dover (DOV), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Tenaris (TS), and Hubbell (HUBB). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Johnson Controls International (NYSE:JCI) and Ferguson (NASDAQ:FERG) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation.
Johnson Controls International received 1114 more outperform votes than Ferguson when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.28% of users gave Johnson Controls International an outperform vote while only 37.84% of users gave Ferguson an outperform vote.
Johnson Controls International has a net margin of 7.85% compared to Ferguson's net margin of 6.00%. Ferguson's return on equity of 37.99% beat Johnson Controls International's return on equity.
Johnson Controls International presently has a consensus price target of $64.50, suggesting a potential downside of 0.94%. Ferguson has a consensus price target of $166.50, suggesting a potential downside of 21.95%. Given Johnson Controls International's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Johnson Controls International is more favorable than Ferguson.
Johnson Controls International pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Ferguson pays an annual dividend of $3.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Johnson Controls International pays out 48.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ferguson pays out 36.7% 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.
90.1% of Johnson Controls International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.0% of Ferguson shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Johnson Controls International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Ferguson shares are held 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.
In the previous week, Ferguson had 21 more articles in the media than Johnson Controls International. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Ferguson and 12 mentions for Johnson Controls International. Johnson Controls International's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Ferguson's score of 0.23 indicating that Johnson Controls International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Johnson Controls International has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ferguson has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ferguson has higher revenue and earnings than Johnson Controls International. Johnson Controls International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ferguson, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Ferguson beats Johnson Controls International on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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