XYL vs. IEX, GGG, TS, BALL, AMCR, AXON, DOV, ZBRA, RS, and AVY
Should you be buying Xylem stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Xylem include IDEX (IEX), Graco (GGG), Tenaris (TS), Ball (BALL), Amcor (AMCR), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Dover (DOV), Zebra Technologies (ZBRA), Reliance Steel & Aluminum (RS), and Avery Dennison (AVY). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Xylem vs.
Xylem (NYSE:XYL) and IDEX (NYSE:IEX) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.
Xylem currently has a consensus price target of $114.80, suggesting a potential upside of 17.66%. IDEX has a consensus price target of $239.91, suggesting a potential upside of 9.62%. Given Xylem's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Xylem is more favorable than IDEX.
In the previous week, Xylem had 6 more articles in the media than IDEX. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Xylem and 6 mentions for IDEX. Xylem's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat IDEX's score of 0.37 indicating that Xylem is being referred to more favorably in the media.
83.6% of Xylem shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.6% of IDEX shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Xylem shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of IDEX shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Xylem received 52 more outperform votes than IDEX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.44% of users gave Xylem an outperform vote while only 59.15% of users gave IDEX an outperform vote.
Xylem has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IDEX has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
IDEX has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Xylem. IDEX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Xylem, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
IDEX has a net margin of 18.44% compared to Xylem's net margin of 6.43%. IDEX's return on equity of 21.44% beat Xylem's return on equity.
Xylem pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. IDEX pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Xylem pays out 67.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IDEX pays out 31.1% 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.
Summary
Xylem beats IDEX on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding XYL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
