XYL vs. IEX, GGG, ROK, IR, DOV, AXON, TS, HUBB, FERG, and BALL
Should you be buying Xylem stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Xylem include IDEX (IEX), Graco (GGG), Rockwell Automation (ROK), Ingersoll Rand (IR), Dover (DOV), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Tenaris (TS), Hubbell (HUBB), Ferguson (FERG), and Ball (BALL). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Xylem (NYSE:XYL) and IDEX (NYSE:IEX) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.
In the previous week, IDEX had 4 more articles in the media than Xylem. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for IDEX and 15 mentions for Xylem. Xylem's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat IDEX's score of 0.46 indicating that Xylem is being referred to more favorably in the media.
84.5% of Xylem shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Xylem received 57 more outperform votes than IDEX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.81% of users gave Xylem an outperform vote while only 58.30% of users gave IDEX an outperform vote.
Xylem has higher revenue and earnings than IDEX. IDEX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Xylem, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Xylem presently has a consensus target price of $132.56, suggesting a potential upside of 3.97%. IDEX has a consensus target price of $235.56, suggesting a potential downside of 2.12%. Given Xylem's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Xylem is more favorable than IDEX.
Xylem has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IDEX has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
IDEX has a net margin of 18.21% compared to Xylem's net margin of 8.27%. IDEX's return on equity of 18.56% beat Xylem's return on equity.
Xylem pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. IDEX pays an annual dividend of $2.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Xylem pays out 52.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IDEX pays out 32.7% 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.
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