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PNR vs. DOV, FBIN, GEF, GGG, ITT, ITW, LII, MAS, PH, and SWK

Should you be buying Pentair stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pentair include Dover (DOV), Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), Greif (GEF), Graco (GGG), ITT (ITT), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Lennox International (LII), Masco (MAS), Parker-Hannifin (PH), and Stanley Black & Decker (SWK).

Pentair vs. Its Competitors

Dover (NYSE:DOV) and Pentair (NYSE:PNR) are both large-cap industrial machinery companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Dover has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pentair has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Dover$7.75B3.33$2.70B$16.6011.33
Pentair$4.08B4.27$625.40M$3.8727.39

84.5% of Dover shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Pentair shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Dover shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Pentair shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Dover presently has a consensus price target of $208.58, indicating a potential upside of 10.91%. Pentair has a consensus price target of $109.43, indicating a potential upside of 3.24%. Given Dover's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Dover is more favorable than Pentair.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Dover
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58
Pentair
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Dover pays an annual dividend of $2.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Pentair pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Dover pays out 12.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pentair pays out 25.8% 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. Dover has raised its dividend for 70 consecutive years and Pentair has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years. Dover is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Dover has a net margin of 28.85% compared to Pentair's net margin of 15.87%. Pentair's return on equity of 21.24% beat Dover's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Dover28.85% 19.54% 10.16%
Pentair 15.87%21.24%11.45%

In the previous week, Dover had 33 more articles in the media than Pentair. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Dover and 14 mentions for Pentair. Pentair's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Dover's score of 0.41 indicating that Pentair is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Dover
14 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
23 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Pentair
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Dover beats Pentair on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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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PNR vs. The Competition

MetricPentairWaste Removal Svcs IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$17.56B$10.15B$15.07B$20.85B
Dividend Yield0.94%1.31%2.74%3.65%
P/E Ratio27.3930.9224.7026.34
Price / Sales4.2711.8043.6459.22
Price / Cash20.9816.9827.2622.29
Price / Book4.903.766.204.66
Net Income$625.40M$221.89M$195.71M$994.58M
7 Day Performance-1.03%0.05%4.03%-0.29%
1 Month Performance9.46%-0.21%9.34%4.91%
1 Year Performance32.84%8.52%21.39%10.53%

Pentair Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PNR
Pentair
4.5556 of 5 stars
$105.99
-0.7%
$109.43
+3.2%
+30.5%$17.56B$4.08B27.399,750Upcoming Earnings
DOV
Dover
4.8227 of 5 stars
$188.76
-0.1%
$208.58
+10.5%
+0.4%$25.88B$7.73B11.3724,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
FBIN
Fortune Brands Innovations
4.0609 of 5 stars
$54.29
+0.5%
$77.00
+41.8%
-27.0%$6.53B$4.53B15.9211,000News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
GEF
Greif
4.1725 of 5 stars
$66.58
-0.5%
$74.83
+12.4%
+2.2%$3.16B$5.52B18.7614,000
GGG
Graco
4.1785 of 5 stars
$87.17
-0.6%
$93.00
+6.7%
+4.9%$14.57B$2.15B30.804,300News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
ITT
ITT
4.434 of 5 stars
$158.11
+0.2%
$170.00
+7.5%
+13.0%$12.44B$3.63B25.1411,700
ITW
Illinois Tool Works
4.6074 of 5 stars
$257.72
-0.8%
$253.83
-1.5%
+1.5%$75.51B$15.90B22.6744,000Positive News
Analyst Revision
LII
Lennox International
3.961 of 5 stars
$615.59
-0.2%
$595.23
-3.3%
+11.0%$21.85B$5.34B27.4314,200Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
MAS
Masco
4.8128 of 5 stars
$65.91
+0.1%
$73.63
+11.7%
-9.9%$13.90B$7.83B18.0118,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.3926 of 5 stars
$712.31
-0.4%
$735.88
+3.3%
+29.7%$91.02B$19.93B27.4361,120Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SWK
Stanley Black & Decker
4.8863 of 5 stars
$71.63
-1.7%
$92.10
+28.6%
-20.8%$11.08B$15.24B29.7248,500Positive News

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