AIT vs. SITE, MSA, RBC, MIDD, ATKR, ESAB, BERY, AA, MLI, and GTLS
Should you be buying Applied Industrial Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Applied Industrial Technologies include SiteOne Landscape Supply (SITE), MSA Safety (MSA), RBC Bearings (RBC), Middleby (MIDD), Atkore (ATKR), ESAB (ESAB), Berry Global Group (BERY), Alcoa (AA), Mueller Industries (MLI), and Chart Industries (GTLS). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
SiteOne Landscape Supply (NYSE:SITE) and Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE:AIT) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and community ranking.
In the previous week, Applied Industrial Technologies had 18 more articles in the media than SiteOne Landscape Supply. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Applied Industrial Technologies and 7 mentions for SiteOne Landscape Supply. SiteOne Landscape Supply's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Applied Industrial Technologies' score of 0.59 indicating that Applied Industrial Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Applied Industrial Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than SiteOne Landscape Supply. Applied Industrial Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SiteOne Landscape Supply, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Applied Industrial Technologies has a net margin of 8.36% compared to Applied Industrial Technologies' net margin of 4.03%. SiteOne Landscape Supply's return on equity of 23.69% beat Applied Industrial Technologies' return on equity.
93.5% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of SiteOne Landscape Supply shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
SiteOne Landscape Supply has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Applied Industrial Technologies has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SiteOne Landscape Supply currently has a consensus price target of $172.88, suggesting a potential upside of 6.72%. Applied Industrial Technologies has a consensus price target of $201.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.81%. Given SiteOne Landscape Supply's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Applied Industrial Technologies is more favorable than SiteOne Landscape Supply.
SiteOne Landscape Supply received 27 more outperform votes than Applied Industrial Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.71% of users gave Applied Industrial Technologies an outperform vote while only 55.04% of users gave SiteOne Landscape Supply an outperform vote.
Summary
Applied Industrial Technologies beats SiteOne Landscape Supply on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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