B vs. MWA, HLIO, HEES, AZZ, POWL, KMT, XRX, CENX, EPAC, and PLUG
Should you be buying Barnes Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barnes Group include Mueller Water Products (MWA), Helios Technologies (HLIO), H&E Equipment Services (HEES), AZZ (AZZ), Powell Industries (POWL), Kennametal (KMT), Xerox (XRX), Century Aluminum (CENX), Enerpac Tool Group (EPAC), and Plug Power (PLUG). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Barnes Group (NYSE:B) and Mueller Water Products (NYSE:MWA) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
Barnes Group pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Mueller Water Products pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Barnes Group pays out 711.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mueller Water Products pays out 52.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Mueller Water Products received 52 more outperform votes than Barnes Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.36% of users gave Mueller Water Products an outperform vote while only 59.19% of users gave Barnes Group an outperform vote.
Barnes Group has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mueller Water Products has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Mueller Water Products has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Barnes Group. Mueller Water Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Barnes Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
90.8% of Barnes Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.7% of Mueller Water Products shares are held by institutional investors. 9.3% of Barnes Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Mueller Water Products shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Barnes Group had 19 more articles in the media than Mueller Water Products. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Barnes Group and 8 mentions for Mueller Water Products. Barnes Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Mueller Water Products' score of 0.51 indicating that Barnes Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Mueller Water Products has a net margin of 6.35% compared to Barnes Group's net margin of 0.31%. Mueller Water Products' return on equity of 13.86% beat Barnes Group's return on equity.
Barnes Group currently has a consensus target price of $40.67, indicating a potential upside of 15.96%. Mueller Water Products has a consensus target price of $17.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.44%. Given Barnes Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Barnes Group is more favorable than Mueller Water Products.
Summary
Mueller Water Products beats Barnes Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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