PNR vs. JBT, ALLE, CCK, LECO, AOS, AGCO, RRX, GPK, DCI, and ATR
Should you be buying Pentair stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pentair include John Bean Technologies (JBT), Allegion (ALLE), Crown (CCK), Lincoln Electric (LECO), A. O. Smith (AOS), AGCO (AGCO), Regal Rexnord (RRX), Graphic Packaging (GPK), Donaldson (DCI), and AptarGroup (ATR). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Pentair vs.
John Bean Technologies (NYSE:JBT) and Pentair (NYSE:PNR) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Pentair received 262 more outperform votes than John Bean Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.36% of users gave John Bean Technologies an outperform vote while only 56.28% of users gave Pentair an outperform vote.
Pentair has higher revenue and earnings than John Bean Technologies. Pentair is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than John Bean Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
98.4% of John Bean Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.7% of Pentair shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of John Bean Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Pentair shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Pentair has a net margin of 11.88% compared to John Bean Technologies' net margin of 5.87%. Pentair's return on equity of 23.09% beat John Bean Technologies' return on equity.
John Bean Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Pentair pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. John Bean Technologies pays out 9.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pentair pays out 29.5% 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. Pentair has increased its dividend for 48 consecutive years. Pentair is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
John Bean Technologies has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pentair has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
John Bean Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $110.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.10%. Pentair has a consensus price target of $62.14, indicating a potential upside of 7.89%. Given Pentair's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pentair is more favorable than John Bean Technologies.
In the previous week, Pentair had 2 more articles in the media than John Bean Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Pentair and 3 mentions for John Bean Technologies. Pentair's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat John Bean Technologies' score of 0.67 indicating that Pentair is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Pentair beats John Bean Technologies 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 PNR 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.
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