ROK vs. EMR, ROP, AME, ENPH, GNRC, AYI, FELE, WIRE, ENS, and BDC
Should you be buying Rockwell Automation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rockwell Automation include Emerson Electric (EMR), Roper Technologies (ROP), AMETEK (AME), Enphase Energy (ENPH), Generac (GNRC), Acuity Brands (AYI), Franklin Electric (FELE), Encore Wire (WIRE), EnerSys (ENS), and Belden (BDC). These companies are all part of the "electrical components & equipment" industry.
Rockwell Automation (NYSE:ROK) and Emerson Electric (NYSE:EMR) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Emerson Electric received 95 more outperform votes than Rockwell Automation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.22% of users gave Emerson Electric an outperform vote while only 55.05% of users gave Rockwell Automation an outperform vote.
Rockwell Automation pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Emerson Electric pays an annual dividend of $2.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Rockwell Automation pays out 48.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Emerson Electric pays out 11.2% 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.
Rockwell Automation has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Emerson Electric has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
75.8% of Rockwell Automation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.3% of Emerson Electric shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Rockwell Automation shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Emerson Electric shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Emerson Electric has a net margin of 64.97% compared to Rockwell Automation's net margin of 13.19%. Rockwell Automation's return on equity of 34.83% beat Emerson Electric's return on equity.
Emerson Electric has higher revenue and earnings than Rockwell Automation. Emerson Electric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rockwell Automation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Rockwell Automation presently has a consensus target price of $300.71, indicating a potential upside of 8.48%. Emerson Electric has a consensus target price of $123.44, indicating a potential upside of 5.65%. Given Rockwell Automation's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Rockwell Automation is more favorable than Emerson Electric.
In the previous week, Emerson Electric had 4 more articles in the media than Rockwell Automation. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Emerson Electric and 10 mentions for Rockwell Automation. Rockwell Automation's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Emerson Electric's score of 0.87 indicating that Rockwell Automation is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Emerson Electric beats Rockwell Automation on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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