FERG vs. JCI, GWW, IR, XYL, ROK, EMR, DOV, AXON, BALL, and HUBB
Should you be buying Ferguson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ferguson include Johnson Controls International (JCI), W.W. Grainger (GWW), Ingersoll Rand (IR), Xylem (XYL), Rockwell Automation (ROK), Emerson Electric (EMR), Dover (DOV), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Ball (BALL), and Hubbell (HUBB). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Ferguson (NASDAQ:FERG) and Johnson Controls International (NYSE:JCI) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.
In the previous week, Johnson Controls International had 10 more articles in the media than Ferguson. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Johnson Controls International and 23 mentions for Ferguson. Johnson Controls International's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Ferguson's score of 0.28 indicating that Johnson Controls International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ferguson has higher revenue and earnings than Johnson Controls International. Ferguson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Johnson Controls International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ferguson currently has a consensus price target of $166.50, suggesting a potential downside of 24.16%. Johnson Controls International has a consensus price target of $63.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.43%. Given Johnson Controls International's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Johnson Controls International is more favorable than Ferguson.
Ferguson has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Johnson Controls International has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Johnson Controls International received 1115 more outperform votes than Ferguson when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.23% of users gave Johnson Controls International an outperform vote while only 37.84% of users gave Ferguson an outperform vote.
82.0% of Ferguson shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.1% of Johnson Controls International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Ferguson shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Johnson Controls International 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.
Ferguson pays an annual dividend of $3.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Johnson Controls International pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Ferguson pays out 36.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Johnson Controls International pays out 59.9% 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.
Johnson Controls International has a net margin of 6.32% compared to Ferguson's net margin of 6.00%. Ferguson's return on equity of 37.99% beat Johnson Controls International's return on equity.
Summary
Johnson Controls International beats Ferguson on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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