AOS vs. AMCR, PNR, LECO, ZBRA, SWK, CNHI, ALLE, RRX, NDSN, and GGG
Should you be buying A. O. Smith stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of A. O. Smith include Amcor (AMCR), Pentair (PNR), Lincoln Electric (LECO), Zebra Technologies (ZBRA), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), CNH Industrial (CNHI), Allegion (ALLE), Regal Rexnord (RRX), Nordson (NDSN), and Graco (GGG). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Amcor (NYSE:AMCR) and A. O. Smith (NYSE:AOS) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.
A. O. Smith has a net margin of 14.94% compared to A. O. Smith's net margin of 4.59%. Amcor's return on equity of 30.94% beat A. O. Smith's return on equity.
Amcor currently has a consensus price target of $10.40, indicating a potential upside of 15.94%. A. O. Smith has a consensus price target of $90.67, indicating a potential upside of 8.96%. Given A. O. Smith's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Amcor is more favorable than A. O. Smith.
Amcor has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, A. O. Smith has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
45.1% of Amcor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.1% of A. O. Smith shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Amcor shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of A. O. Smith shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
A. O. Smith received 397 more outperform votes than Amcor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.28% of users gave A. O. Smith an outperform vote while only 52.54% of users gave Amcor an outperform vote.
Amcor pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. A. O. Smith pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Amcor pays out 113.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. A. O. Smith pays out 33.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Amcor has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and A. O. Smith has raised its dividend for 30 consecutive years.
In the previous week, A. O. Smith had 26 more articles in the media than Amcor. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for A. O. Smith and 6 mentions for Amcor. A. O. Smith's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Amcor's score of 0.40 indicating that Amcor is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Amcor has higher revenue and earnings than A. O. Smith. Amcor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than A. O. Smith, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
A. O. Smith beats Amcor on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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