VMI vs. AIT, ALLE, AOS, GEF, IR, DOV, PNR, SNA, WWD, and ITT
Should you be buying Valmont Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Valmont Industries include Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), Allegion (ALLE), A. O. Smith (AOS), Greif (GEF), Ingersoll Rand (IR), Dover (DOV), Pentair (PNR), Snap-On (SNA), Woodward (WWD), and ITT (ITT).
Valmont Industries vs. Its Competitors
Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE:AIT) and Valmont Industries (NYSE:VMI) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.
Applied Industrial Technologies has a net margin of 8.61% compared to Valmont Industries' net margin of 5.98%. Valmont Industries' return on equity of 22.10% beat Applied Industrial Technologies' return on equity.
Applied Industrial Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Valmont Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Applied Industrial Technologies pays out 18.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Valmont Industries pays out 25.3% 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. Applied Industrial Technologies has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years and Valmont Industries has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Applied Industrial Technologies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Applied Industrial Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $285.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.63%. Valmont Industries has a consensus price target of $420.67, indicating a potential upside of 4.40%. Given Applied Industrial Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Applied Industrial Technologies is more favorable than Valmont Industries.
In the previous week, Applied Industrial Technologies had 2 more articles in the media than Valmont Industries. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Applied Industrial Technologies and 8 mentions for Valmont Industries. Valmont Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Applied Industrial Technologies' score of 0.86 indicating that Valmont Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
93.5% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of Valmont Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Valmont Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Applied Industrial Technologies has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valmont Industries has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Applied Industrial Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Valmont Industries. Applied Industrial Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Valmont Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Applied Industrial Technologies beats Valmont Industries on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:VMI) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
