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Xylem (XYL) Competitors

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$126.94 -1.06 (-0.83%)
As of 03:59 PM Eastern

XYL vs. PH, ITW, IR, DOV, SNA, PNR, IEX, GGG, WWD, and ITT

Should you be buying Xylem stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Xylem include Parker-Hannifin (PH), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Ingersoll Rand (IR), Dover (DOV), Snap-on (SNA), Pentair (PNR), IDEX (IEX), Graco (GGG), Woodward (WWD), and ITT (ITT). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.

Xylem vs.

Xylem (NYSE:XYL) and Parker-Hannifin (NYSE:PH) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, community ranking and profitability.

In the previous week, Parker-Hannifin had 2 more articles in the media than Xylem. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Parker-Hannifin and 29 mentions for Xylem. Parker-Hannifin's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Xylem's score of 1.35 indicating that Parker-Hannifin is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Xylem
20 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Parker-Hannifin
25 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Xylem presently has a consensus target price of $146.88, indicating a potential upside of 15.70%. Parker-Hannifin has a consensus target price of $718.44, indicating a potential upside of 5.62%. Given Xylem's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Xylem is more favorable than Parker-Hannifin.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Xylem
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70
Parker-Hannifin
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.81

Xylem has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Parker-Hannifin has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Parker-Hannifin has a net margin of 15.87% compared to Xylem's net margin of 10.40%. Parker-Hannifin's return on equity of 27.34% beat Xylem's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Xylem10.40% 9.96% 6.48%
Parker-Hannifin 15.87%27.34%11.64%

Xylem pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Parker-Hannifin pays an annual dividend of $7.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Xylem pays out 43.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Parker-Hannifin pays out 27.7% 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. Xylem has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Parker-Hannifin has increased its dividend for 70 consecutive years.

Parker-Hannifin has higher revenue and earnings than Xylem. Parker-Hannifin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Xylem, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Xylem$8.60B3.59$890M$3.7234.12
Parker-Hannifin$19.79B4.39$2.84B$25.9726.19

88.0% of Xylem shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Xylem shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Parker-Hannifin received 203 more outperform votes than Xylem when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.79% of users gave Parker-Hannifin an outperform vote while only 63.39% of users gave Xylem an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
XylemOutperform Votes
535
63.39%
Underperform Votes
309
36.61%
Parker-HannifinOutperform Votes
738
63.79%
Underperform Votes
419
36.21%

Summary

Parker-Hannifin beats Xylem on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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XYL vs. The Competition

MetricXylemPumps & pumping equipment IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$30.89B$11.33B$16.49B$19.68B
Dividend Yield1.28%1.42%2.49%3.84%
P/E Ratio34.6827.7732.8635.11
Price / Sales3.593.01245.5234.02
Price / Cash19.6619.5631.5317.51
Price / Book2.903.405.394.77
Net Income$890M$369.47M$195.26M$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.04%3.43%0.50%0.96%
1 Month Performance14.85%21.21%20.48%11.17%
1 Year Performance-12.97%14.85%16.25%5.38%

Xylem Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
XYL
Xylem
4.4734 of 5 stars
$126.94
-0.8%
$146.88
+15.7%
-10.7%$30.89B$8.60B34.6817,800News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.5215 of 5 stars
$668.41
+3.2%
$710.12
+6.2%
+24.7%$85.41B$19.79B27.6755,100Trending News
Analyst Forecast
ITW
Illinois Tool Works
4.3826 of 5 stars
$250.17
+3.2%
$253.67
+1.4%
+0.4%$73.30B$15.76B21.3546,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
IR
Ingersoll Rand
4.4616 of 5 stars
$84.21
+6.2%
$98.91
+17.5%
-9.9%$33.97B$7.28B40.8817,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
DOV
Dover
4.7011 of 5 stars
$183.36
+4.1%
$206.33
+12.5%
+1.2%$25.14B$7.73B9.4325,000Trending News
SNA
Snap-on
3.6285 of 5 stars
$326.76
+3.5%
$350.83
+7.4%
+18.9%$17.09B$4.67B16.7612,900Trending News
Analyst Forecast
PNR
Pentair
4.6529 of 5 stars
$98.13
+5.0%
$106.93
+9.0%
+20.0%$16.14B$4.08B26.2411,200Positive News
IEX
IDEX
4.4715 of 5 stars
$191.32
+4.3%
$211.25
+10.4%
-14.6%$14.45B$3.28B28.778,870Positive News
GGG
Graco
3.4655 of 5 stars
$86.43
+3.8%
$93.00
+7.6%
+4.8%$14.45B$2.15B30.654,000Positive News
Gap Up
WWD
Woodward
3.6895 of 5 stars
$201.47
+2.5%
$195.00
-3.2%
+19.0%$11.96B$3.36B33.758,300Positive News
Analyst Revision
ITT
ITT
3.696 of 5 stars
$149.56
+4.5%
$161.86
+8.2%
+10.2%$11.77B$3.63B23.7410,300Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up

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