MSM vs. FELE, FLS, MLI, GTLS, CWST, AIMC, MSA, AIT, ATKR, and ZWS
Should you be buying MSC Industrial Direct stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MSC Industrial Direct include Franklin Electric (FELE), Flowserve (FLS), Mueller Industries (MLI), Chart Industries (GTLS), Casella Waste Systems (CWST), Altra Industrial Motion (AIMC), MSA Safety (MSA), Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), Atkore (ATKR), and Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
MSC Industrial Direct vs.
Franklin Electric (NASDAQ:FELE) and MSC Industrial Direct (NYSE:MSM) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.
In the previous week, MSC Industrial Direct had 4 more articles in the media than Franklin Electric. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for MSC Industrial Direct and 2 mentions for Franklin Electric. Franklin Electric's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat MSC Industrial Direct's score of 1.20 indicating that Franklin Electric is being referred to more favorably in the media.
79.4% of Franklin Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.9% of MSC Industrial Direct shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Franklin Electric shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 28.4% of MSC Industrial Direct shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Franklin Electric pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. MSC Industrial Direct pays an annual dividend of $3.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Franklin Electric pays out 22.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MSC Industrial Direct pays out 49.8% 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. Franklin Electric has increased its dividend for 31 consecutive years and MSC Industrial Direct has increased its dividend for 19 consecutive years.
MSC Industrial Direct has a net margin of 9.34% compared to Franklin Electric's net margin of 9.17%. MSC Industrial Direct's return on equity of 26.97% beat Franklin Electric's return on equity.
Franklin Electric presently has a consensus target price of $86.67, suggesting a potential downside of 3.08%. MSC Industrial Direct has a consensus target price of $93.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.97%. Given MSC Industrial Direct's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe MSC Industrial Direct is more favorable than Franklin Electric.
Franklin Electric has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MSC Industrial Direct has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MSC Industrial Direct received 99 more outperform votes than Franklin Electric when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.13% of users gave Franklin Electric an outperform vote while only 52.97% of users gave MSC Industrial Direct an outperform vote.
MSC Industrial Direct has higher revenue and earnings than Franklin Electric. MSC Industrial Direct is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franklin Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
MSC Industrial Direct beats Franklin Electric on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MSM and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
MSC Industrial Direct Competitors List
