Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation and 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	$6.65B	0.88	$414.56M	$5.76	17.39
Stanley Black & Decker	$15.37B	0.72	$286.30M	$3.15	22.79

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%

Which has more volatility & risk, UFPI or SWK?

UFP Industries has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stanley Black & Decker has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

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

Do analysts recommend UFPI or SWK?

UFP Industries presently has a consensus target price of $134.00, suggesting a potential upside of 33.77%. Stanley Black & Decker has a consensus target price of $89.40, suggesting a potential upside of 24.54%. Given UFP Industries' higher probable upside, research 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	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Stanley Black & Decker	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.36

Does the media refer more to UFPI or SWK?

In the previous week, Stanley Black & Decker had 5 more articles in the media than UFP Industries. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Stanley Black & Decker and 7 mentions for UFP Industries. Stanley Black & Decker's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat UFP Industries' score of 1.23 indicating that Stanley Black & Decker is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
UFP Industries	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Stanley Black & Decker	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

UFP Industries beats Stanley Black & Decker on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.