Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) Competitors

UFP Industries (NASDAQ:UFPI) and Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE:SWK) are related companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Is UFPI or SWK a better dividend stock?

UFP Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Stanley Black & Decker pays an annual dividend of $3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. UFP Industries pays out 24.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stanley Black & Decker pays out 104.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. UFP Industries has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Stanley Black & Decker has increased 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.

Is UFPI or SWK more profitable?

UFP Industries has a net margin of 5.31% compared to Stanley Black & Decker's net margin of 3.15%. UFP Industries' return on equity of 10.95% beat Stanley Black & Decker's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
UFP Industries	5.31%	10.95%	8.48%
Stanley Black & Decker	3.15%	7.76%	3.08%

Do analysts rate UFPI or SWK?

UFP Industries presently has a consensus price target of $134.00, indicating a potential upside of 30.68%. Stanley Black & Decker has a consensus price target of $91.10, indicating a potential upside of 27.48%. Given UFP Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe UFP Industries is more favorable than Stanley Black & Decker.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
UFP Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Stanley Black & Decker	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.36

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of UFPI or SWK?

81.8% of UFP Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of Stanley Black & Decker shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of UFP Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Stanley Black & Decker shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better valuation & earnings, UFPI or SWK?

UFP Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Stanley Black & Decker. UFP Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stanley Black & Decker, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
UFP Industries	$6.54B	0.92	$414.56M	$5.76	17.80
Stanley Black & Decker	$15.37B	0.72	$286.30M	$3.15	22.69

Which has more risk and volatility, UFPI or SWK?

UFP Industries has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stanley Black & Decker has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to UFPI or SWK?

In the previous week, Stanley Black & Decker had 10 more articles in the media than UFP Industries. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Stanley Black & Decker and 5 mentions for UFP Industries. UFP Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Stanley Black & Decker's score of 1.33 indicating that UFP Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
UFP Industries	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Stanley Black & Decker	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

UFP Industries beats Stanley Black & Decker on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.