Worthington Enterprises (WOR) Competitors

Worthington Enterprises (NYSE:WOR) and W.W. Grainger (NYSE:GWW) are related companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, WOR or GWW?

W.W. Grainger has higher revenue and earnings than Worthington Enterprises. W.W. Grainger is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Worthington Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Worthington Enterprises	$1.15B	2.39	$96.05M	$2.13	25.95
W.W. Grainger	$17.48B	2.63	$1.91B	$39.41	24.42

Which has more risk and volatility, WOR or GWW?

Worthington Enterprises has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, W.W. Grainger has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor WOR or GWW?

In the previous week, W.W. Grainger had 19 more articles in the media than Worthington Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for W.W. Grainger and 1 mentions for Worthington Enterprises. Worthington Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat W.W. Grainger's score of 0.69 indicating that Worthington Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Worthington Enterprises	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
W.W. Grainger	17 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer WOR or GWW?

Worthington Enterprises currently has a consensus target price of $62.33, suggesting a potential upside of 12.78%. W.W. Grainger has a consensus target price of $1,089.71, suggesting a potential upside of 13.24%. Given W.W. Grainger's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe W.W. Grainger is more favorable than Worthington Enterprises.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Worthington Enterprises	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
W.W. Grainger	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of WOR or GWW?

51.6% of Worthington Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of W.W. Grainger shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of Worthington Enterprises shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of W.W. Grainger shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is WOR or GWW a better dividend stock?

Worthington Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. W.W. Grainger pays an annual dividend of $9.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Worthington Enterprises pays out 35.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. W.W. Grainger pays out 22.9% 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. W.W. Grainger has increased its dividend for 55 consecutive years.

Is WOR or GWW more profitable?

W.W. Grainger has a net margin of 10.99% compared to Worthington Enterprises' net margin of 8.91%. W.W. Grainger's return on equity of 49.63% beat Worthington Enterprises' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Worthington Enterprises	8.91%	17.70%	9.80%
W.W. Grainger	10.99%	49.63%	21.63%

Summary

W.W. Grainger beats Worthington Enterprises on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.