VMI vs. DOV, SNA, PNR, GGG, IEX, WWD, NDSN, ITT, RBC, 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), Nordson (NDSN), ITT (ITT), RBC Bearings (RBC), and Lincoln Electric (LECO). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Valmont Industries vs. Its Competitors
Dover (NYSE:DOV) and Valmont Industries (NYSE:VMI) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability and institutional ownership.
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.
In the previous week, Dover had 27 more articles in the media than Valmont Industries. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Dover and 9 mentions for Valmont Industries. Valmont Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Dover's score of 0.25 indicating that Valmont Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dover pays an annual dividend of $2.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Valmont Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Dover pays out 12.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Valmont Industries pays out 15.8% 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. Dover has increased its dividend for 70 consecutive years and Valmont Industries has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Dover is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Dover has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valmont Industries has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dover currently has a consensus price target of $207.75, indicating a potential upside of 16.38%. Valmont Industries has a consensus price target of $362.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.49%. Given Dover's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Dover is more favorable than Valmont Industries.
Dover received 407 more outperform votes than Valmont Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.60% of users gave Valmont Industries an outperform vote while only 61.07% of users gave Dover an outperform vote.
84.5% of Dover shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of Valmont Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Dover shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Valmont Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Summary
Dover beats Valmont Industries on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:VMI) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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