SWK vs. ZBRA, LECO, CNHI, PNR, AMCR, AOS, NDSN, GGG, PKG, and ALLE
Should you be buying Stanley Black & Decker stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stanley Black & Decker include Zebra Technologies (ZBRA), Lincoln Electric (LECO), CNH Industrial (CNHI), Pentair (PNR), Amcor (AMCR), A. O. Smith (AOS), Nordson (NDSN), Graco (GGG), Packaging Co. of America (PKG), and Allegion (ALLE). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE:SWK) and Zebra Technologies (NASDAQ:ZBRA) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Stanley Black & Decker had 11 more articles in the media than Zebra Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Stanley Black & Decker and 7 mentions for Zebra Technologies. Stanley Black & Decker's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Zebra Technologies' score of 0.87 indicating that Stanley Black & Decker is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Stanley Black & Decker received 66 more outperform votes than Zebra Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.07% of users gave Zebra Technologies an outperform vote while only 59.76% of users gave Stanley Black & Decker an outperform vote.
Zebra Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Stanley Black & Decker. Stanley Black & Decker is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zebra Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Stanley Black & Decker has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zebra Technologies has a beta of 1.79, indicating that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.
87.8% of Stanley Black & Decker shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.0% of Zebra Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Stanley Black & Decker shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Zebra Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Zebra Technologies has a net margin of 6.46% compared to Stanley Black & Decker's net margin of -1.97%. Zebra Technologies' return on equity of 15.30% beat Stanley Black & Decker's return on equity.
Stanley Black & Decker currently has a consensus price target of $98.11, indicating a potential upside of 9.97%. Zebra Technologies has a consensus price target of $278.64, indicating a potential downside of 6.09%. Given Stanley Black & Decker's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Stanley Black & Decker is more favorable than Zebra Technologies.
Summary
Zebra Technologies beats Stanley Black & Decker on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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