SWK vs. PKG, GGG, NDSN, HUBB, AOS, LECO, AVY, AGCO, CCK, and RRX
Should you be buying Stanley Black & Decker stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stanley Black & Decker include Packaging Co. of America (PKG), Graco (GGG), Nordson (NDSN), Hubbell (HUBB), A. O. Smith (AOS), Lincoln Electric (LECO), Avery Dennison (AVY), AGCO (AGCO), Crown (CCK), and Regal Rexnord (RRX). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Stanley Black & Decker vs.
Packaging Co. of America (NYSE:PKG) and Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE:SWK) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Stanley Black & Decker had 7 more articles in the media than Packaging Co. of America. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Stanley Black & Decker and 10 mentions for Packaging Co. of America. Stanley Black & Decker's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Packaging Co. of America's score of 0.49 indicating that Stanley Black & Decker is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
90.4% of Packaging Co. of America shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Stanley Black & Decker shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Packaging Co. of America shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Stanley Black & Decker shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Packaging Co. of America has a net margin of 12.12% compared to Stanley Black & Decker's net margin of 6.24%. Packaging Co. of America's return on equity of 27.00% beat Stanley Black & Decker's return on equity.
Packaging Co. of America presently has a consensus price target of $131.88, indicating a potential downside of 2.92%. Stanley Black & Decker has a consensus price target of $98.75, indicating a potential upside of 26.73%. Given Stanley Black & Decker's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Stanley Black & Decker is more favorable than Packaging Co. of America.
Packaging Co. of America has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Stanley Black & Decker. Stanley Black & Decker is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Packaging Co. of America, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Packaging Co. of America has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stanley Black & Decker has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Packaging Co. of America pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Stanley Black & Decker pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Packaging Co. of America pays out 45.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stanley Black & Decker pays out 47.1% 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. Packaging Co. of America has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years and Stanley Black & Decker has raised its dividend for 55 consecutive years. Stanley Black & Decker is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Stanley Black & Decker received 48 more outperform votes than Packaging Co. of America when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.25% of users gave Stanley Black & Decker an outperform vote while only 60.63% of users gave Packaging Co. of America an outperform vote.
Summary
Stanley Black & Decker beats Packaging Co. of America on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SWK and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
Stanley Black & Decker Competitors List
