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NVT vs. AME, APH, EME, ETN, FIX, HUBB, IR, ITT, PH, and URI

Should you be buying nVent Electric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of nVent Electric include AMETEK (AME), Amphenol (APH), EMCOR Group (EME), Eaton (ETN), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), Hubbell (HUBB), Ingersoll Rand (IR), ITT (ITT), Parker-Hannifin (PH), and United Rentals (URI).

nVent Electric vs. Its Competitors

nVent Electric (NYSE:NVT) and AMETEK (NYSE:AME) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

AMETEK has higher revenue and earnings than nVent Electric. nVent Electric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AMETEK, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
nVent Electric$3.01B4.31$331.80M$3.5022.48
AMETEK$6.94B5.98$1.38B$6.1129.44

nVent Electric has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMETEK has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

nVent Electric presently has a consensus price target of $81.57, indicating a potential upside of 3.70%. AMETEK has a consensus price target of $197.30, indicating a potential upside of 9.67%. Given AMETEK's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AMETEK is more favorable than nVent Electric.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
nVent Electric
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.25
AMETEK
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.54

In the previous week, AMETEK had 5 more articles in the media than nVent Electric. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for AMETEK and 17 mentions for nVent Electric. AMETEK's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat nVent Electric's score of 0.86 indicating that AMETEK is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
nVent Electric
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
AMETEK
14 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

90.1% of nVent Electric shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of AMETEK shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of nVent Electric shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of AMETEK shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

AMETEK has a net margin of 20.43% compared to nVent Electric's net margin of 18.22%. AMETEK's return on equity of 16.75% beat nVent Electric's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
nVent Electric18.22% 13.54% 6.84%
AMETEK 20.43%16.75%10.90%

nVent Electric pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. AMETEK pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. nVent Electric pays out 22.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AMETEK pays out 20.3% 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. nVent Electric has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and AMETEK has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years.

Summary

AMETEK beats nVent Electric on 13 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

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.
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NVT vs. The Competition

MetricnVent ElectricELEC IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$12.69B$5.62B$29.00B$21.11B
Dividend Yield1.04%2.76%3.02%3.60%
P/E Ratio22.4830.8134.2328.44
Price / Sales4.312.271,729.2558.68
Price / Cash22.4423.0938.3822.92
Price / Book4.012.287.794.69
Net Income$331.80M$171.53M$782.91M$995.51M
7 Day Performance3.57%1.77%0.80%1.65%
1 Month Performance7.36%0.91%6.12%4.54%
1 Year Performance11.52%-2.02%52,641.07%9.99%

nVent Electric Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NVT
nVent Electric
3.4359 of 5 stars
$78.66
+2.0%
$81.57
+3.7%
+11.8%$12.69B$3.01B22.4812,100News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
AME
AMETEK
4.2511 of 5 stars
$178.05
-0.3%
$197.30
+10.8%
+6.8%$41.11B$6.94B29.1421,500Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
APH
Amphenol
4.468 of 5 stars
$103.69
+0.3%
$94.07
-9.3%
+69.9%$125.43B$15.22B50.34125,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
EME
EMCOR Group
3.7218 of 5 stars
$560.03
-1.0%
$532.00
-5.0%
+83.3%$25.07B$14.57B24.7540,400Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
ETN
Eaton
4.4213 of 5 stars
$373.71
-1.3%
$377.89
+1.1%
+34.0%$146.23B$24.88B37.7194,000Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Options Volume
FIX
Comfort Systems USA
3.9367 of 5 stars
$544.19
-1.8%
$572.60
+5.2%
+135.8%$19.20B$7.32B32.6418,300Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
HUBB
Hubbell
2.2713 of 5 stars
$422.03
-1.9%
$456.25
+8.1%
+24.4%$22.52B$5.63B28.5517,700Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
IR
Ingersoll Rand
4.2813 of 5 stars
$83.95
-1.9%
$100.92
+20.2%
-9.0%$33.87B$7.28B41.5621,000Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
ITT
ITT
4.5864 of 5 stars
$156.80
-1.5%
$173.25
+10.5%
+16.3%$12.34B$3.63B24.9311,700Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.2992 of 5 stars
$711.82
-1.5%
$739.59
+3.9%
+35.4%$90.96B$19.93B27.4161,120Positive News
URI
United Rentals
4.3349 of 5 stars
$778.38
-3.7%
$772.77
-0.7%
+17.8%$50.59B$15.35B20.1527,900Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast

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