VMI vs. DOV, SNA, PNR, GGG, IEX, WWD, ITT, RBC, NDSN, and LECO
Should you be buying Valmont Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Valmont Industries include Dover (DOV), Snap-on (SNA), Pentair (PNR), Graco (GGG), IDEX (IEX), Woodward (WWD), ITT (ITT), RBC Bearings (RBC), Nordson (NDSN), and Lincoln Electric (LECO). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Valmont Industries vs.
Valmont Industries (NYSE:VMI) and Dover (NYSE:DOV) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
87.8% of Valmont Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.5% of Dover shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Valmont Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Dover shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Valmont Industries currently has a consensus target price of $362.50, suggesting a potential upside of 15.99%. Dover has a consensus target price of $207.75, suggesting a potential upside of 15.53%. Given Valmont Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Valmont Industries is more favorable than Dover.
Dover has a net margin of 32.95% compared to Valmont Industries' net margin of 8.55%. Valmont Industries' return on equity of 23.15% beat Dover's return on equity.
In the previous week, Dover had 25 more articles in the media than Valmont Industries. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Dover and 14 mentions for Valmont Industries. Valmont Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Dover's score of 0.38 indicating that Valmont Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Dover has higher revenue and earnings than Valmont Industries. Dover is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Valmont Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Valmont Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Dover pays an annual dividend of $2.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Valmont Industries pays out 15.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dover pays out 12.4% 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. Valmont Industries has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Dover has raised its dividend for 70 consecutive years. Dover is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Dover received 408 more outperform votes than Valmont Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.54% of users gave Valmont Industries an outperform vote while only 61.07% of users gave Dover an outperform vote.
Valmont Industries has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dover has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Dover beats Valmont Industries on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:VMI) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
