SWK vs. IR, XYL, DOV, SNA, PNR, GGG, IEX, WWD, ITT, and RBC
Should you be buying Stanley Black & Decker stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stanley Black & Decker include Ingersoll Rand (IR), Xylem (XYL), Dover (DOV), Snap-on (SNA), Pentair (PNR), Graco (GGG), IDEX (IEX), Woodward (WWD), ITT (ITT), and RBC Bearings (RBC). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Stanley Black & Decker vs.
Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR) and Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE:SWK) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, community ranking and dividends.
In the previous week, Ingersoll Rand had 19 more articles in the media than Stanley Black & Decker. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Ingersoll Rand and 12 mentions for Stanley Black & Decker. Ingersoll Rand's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Stanley Black & Decker's score of 1.05 indicating that Ingersoll Rand is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ingersoll Rand has a net margin of 11.59% compared to Stanley Black & Decker's net margin of 1.92%. Ingersoll Rand's return on equity of 12.78% beat Stanley Black & Decker's return on equity.
Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stanley Black & Decker has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ingersoll Rand presently has a consensus target price of $98.91, suggesting a potential upside of 21.39%. Stanley Black & Decker has a consensus target price of $91.10, suggesting a potential upside of 36.78%. Given Stanley Black & Decker's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Stanley Black & Decker is more favorable than Ingersoll Rand.
Ingersoll Rand received 179 more outperform votes than Stanley Black & Decker when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.74% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 58.70% of users gave Stanley Black & Decker an outperform vote.
Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Stanley Black & Decker pays an annual dividend of $3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Ingersoll Rand pays out 4.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stanley Black & Decker pays out 136.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Stanley Black & Decker has raised its dividend for 58 consecutive years. Stanley Black & Decker is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of Stanley Black & Decker shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Stanley Black & Decker shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Ingersoll Rand has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Stanley Black & Decker. Stanley Black & Decker is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ingersoll Rand, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Ingersoll Rand beats Stanley Black & Decker on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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