MWA vs. B, HLIO, ALG, ATMU, ESE, OI, AIN, LZ, TNC, and YOU
Should you be buying Mueller Water Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mueller Water Products include Barnes Group (B), Helios Technologies (HLIO), Alamo Group (ALG), Atmus Filtration Technologies (ATMU), ESCO Technologies (ESE), O-I Glass (OI), Albany International (AIN), LegalZoom.com (LZ), Tennant (TNC), and Clear Secure (YOU). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Barnes Group (NYSE:B) and Mueller Water Products (NYSE:MWA) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, community ranking and profitability.
Mueller Water Products has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Barnes Group. Mueller Water Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Barnes Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Mueller Water Products had 2 more articles in the media than Barnes Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Mueller Water Products and 11 mentions for Barnes Group. Barnes Group's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Mueller Water Products' score of 0.43 indicating that Mueller Water Products is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Barnes Group has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mueller Water Products has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Mueller Water Products has a net margin of 6.35% compared to Mueller Water Products' net margin of 1.10%. Barnes Group's return on equity of 13.86% beat Mueller Water Products' return on equity.
Mueller Water Products received 52 more outperform votes than Barnes Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.36% of users gave Mueller Water Products an outperform vote while only 59.19% of users gave Barnes Group an outperform vote.
Barnes Group pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Mueller Water Products pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Barnes Group pays out 206.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mueller Water Products pays out 52.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mueller Water Products has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years.
90.8% of Barnes Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.7% of Mueller Water Products shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.3% of Barnes Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Mueller Water Products shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Barnes Group currently has a consensus price target of $40.67, indicating a potential upside of 12.15%. Mueller Water Products has a consensus price target of $17.50, indicating a potential upside of 7.43%. Given Mueller Water Products' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Barnes Group is more favorable than Mueller Water Products.
Summary
Mueller Water Products beats Barnes Group on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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