TKR vs. MLI, FLS, GTLS, ADT, ATKR, SON, ZWS, CWST, AA, and ESAB
Should you be buying Timken stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Timken include Mueller Industries (MLI), Flowserve (FLS), Chart Industries (GTLS), ADT (ADT), Atkore (ATKR), Sonoco Products (SON), Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS), Casella Waste Systems (CWST), Alcoa (AA), and ESAB (ESAB). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Timken (NYSE:TKR) and Mueller Industries (NYSE:MLI) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.
89.1% of Timken shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of Mueller Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of Timken shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Mueller Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Timken has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mueller Industries has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Timken presently has a consensus price target of $85.90, indicating a potential upside of 2.03%. Given Timken's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Timken is more favorable than Mueller Industries.
Mueller Industries has a net margin of 17.22% compared to Timken's net margin of 8.26%. Mueller Industries' return on equity of 24.69% beat Timken's return on equity.
In the previous week, Mueller Industries had 9 more articles in the media than Timken. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Mueller Industries and 7 mentions for Timken. Timken's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Mueller Industries' score of 0.44 indicating that Timken is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Timken pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Mueller Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Timken pays out 24.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mueller Industries pays out 16.0% 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.
Timken received 204 more outperform votes than Mueller Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.72% of users gave Timken an outperform vote while only 61.66% of users gave Mueller Industries an outperform vote.
Mueller Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Timken. Mueller Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Timken, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Timken beats Mueller Industries on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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