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$335.74 -4.36 (-1.28%)
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VMI vs. AIT, ALLE, AOS, GEF, DOV, PNR, SNA, WWD, GGG, and IEX

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), Dover (DOV), Pentair (PNR), Snap-On (SNA), Woodward (WWD), Graco (GGG), and IDEX (IEX).

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 business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.

In the previous week, Applied Industrial Technologies had 8 more articles in the media than Valmont Industries. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Applied Industrial Technologies and 9 mentions for Valmont Industries. Valmont Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Applied Industrial Technologies' score of 1.32 indicating that Valmont Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Applied Industrial Technologies
13 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Valmont Industries
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

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 0.8%. Applied Industrial Technologies pays out 18.5% 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. Applied Industrial Technologies has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years and Valmont Industries has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Valmont Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Applied Industrial Technologies has a net margin of 8.64% compared to Valmont Industries' net margin of 8.55%. Valmont Industries' return on equity of 22.27% beat Applied Industrial Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Applied Industrial Technologies8.64% 22.01% 12.83%
Valmont Industries 8.55%22.27%10.09%

93.5% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of Valmont Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Valmont Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Applied Industrial Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Valmont Industries. Valmont Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Applied Industrial Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Applied Industrial Technologies$4.48B2.16$385.76M$9.9625.49
Valmont Industries$4.08B1.65$348.26M$17.1819.54

Applied Industrial Technologies has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valmont Industries has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Applied Industrial Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $285.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.24%. Valmont Industries has a consensus target price of $362.50, indicating a potential upside of 7.97%. Given Applied Industrial Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Applied Industrial Technologies is more favorable than Valmont Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Applied Industrial Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Valmont Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Summary

Applied Industrial Technologies beats Valmont Industries on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding VMI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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VMI vs. The Competition

MetricValmont IndustriesSTEEL IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.73B$4.99B$7.52B$20.63B
Dividend Yield0.81%2.98%4.53%3.72%
P/E Ratio19.5416.4724.9227.74
Price / Sales1.651.67117.8342.43
Price / Cash15.2413.8726.5417.96
Price / Book4.363.254.404.57
Net Income$348.26M$371.23M$791.65M$987.45M
7 Day Performance-1.71%-1.31%0.73%0.20%
1 Month Performance4.35%9.21%5.36%5.53%
1 Year Performance21.39%29.18%28.02%10.30%

Valmont Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VMI
Valmont Industries
3.5535 of 5 stars
$335.74
-1.3%
$362.50
+8.0%
+21.4%$6.73B$4.08B19.5410,986News Coverage
Positive News
AIT
Applied Industrial Technologies
4.7148 of 5 stars
$244.11
-0.7%
$285.00
+16.8%
+31.2%$9.36B$4.48B24.516,500News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
ALLE
Allegion
4.5477 of 5 stars
$148.23
+0.1%
$145.33
-2.0%
+21.1%$12.74B$3.77B20.8214,400Analyst Forecast
AOS
A. O. Smith
4.7073 of 5 stars
$68.00
+0.1%
$75.29
+10.7%
-21.3%$9.65B$3.82B18.9912,700Positive News
Dividend Announcement
GEF
Greif
4.0431 of 5 stars
$68.70
-1.5%
$74.17
+8.0%
+12.0%$3.31B$5.45B19.3514,000Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
DOV
Dover
4.4583 of 5 stars
$187.30
-0.7%
$206.50
+10.3%
+2.5%$25.86B$7.75B11.2824,000Trending News
PNR
Pentair
4.5903 of 5 stars
$105.05
-1.7%
$107.14
+2.0%
+35.2%$17.58B$4.08B27.149,750Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SNA
Snap-On
4.3139 of 5 stars
$316.97
-1.4%
$350.83
+10.7%
+17.9%$16.82B$5.11B16.6013,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
WWD
Woodward
4.4805 of 5 stars
$253.50
+0.5%
$228.88
-9.7%
+38.7%$14.98B$3.32B40.959,300Analyst Forecast
GGG
Graco
4.0731 of 5 stars
$87.58
-1.4%
$93.00
+6.2%
+7.9%$14.84B$2.11B30.954,300Positive News
IEX
IDEX
4.7344 of 5 stars
$179.29
-1.1%
$212.50
+18.5%
-11.2%$13.69B$3.27B28.419,000News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:VMI) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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