RRX vs. FELE, ALLE, PNR, CCK, AGCO, AOS, LECO, TTEK, GPK, and ATR
Should you be buying Regal Rexnord stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Regal Rexnord include Franklin Electric (FELE), Allegion (ALLE), Pentair (PNR), Crown (CCK), AGCO (AGCO), A. O. Smith (AOS), Lincoln Electric (LECO), Tetra Tech (TTEK), Graphic Packaging (GPK), and AptarGroup (ATR). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Regal Rexnord vs.
Franklin Electric (NASDAQ:FELE) and Regal Rexnord (NYSE:RRX) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Regal Rexnord has higher revenue and earnings than Franklin Electric. Franklin Electric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Regal Rexnord, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
79.4% of Franklin Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 100.0% of Regal Rexnord shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Franklin Electric shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Regal Rexnord shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Franklin Electric currently has a consensus price target of $88.33, suggesting a potential downside of 11.26%. Regal Rexnord has a consensus price target of $186.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.69%. Given Regal Rexnord's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Regal Rexnord is more favorable than Franklin Electric.
Franklin Electric has a net margin of 9.38% compared to Regal Rexnord's net margin of 6.95%. Franklin Electric's return on equity of 18.76% beat Regal Rexnord's return on equity.
Franklin Electric pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Regal Rexnord pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Franklin Electric pays out 21.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Regal Rexnord pays out 26.1% 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. Franklin Electric has raised its dividend for 31 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Franklin Electric had 3 more articles in the media than Regal Rexnord. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Franklin Electric and 4 mentions for Regal Rexnord. Regal Rexnord's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Franklin Electric's score of 0.61 indicating that Regal Rexnord is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Franklin Electric received 269 more outperform votes than Regal Rexnord when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.09% of users gave Franklin Electric an outperform vote while only 47.37% of users gave Regal Rexnord an outperform vote.
Franklin Electric has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regal Rexnord has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Regal Rexnord beats Franklin Electric on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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