BRC vs. YOU, REZI, JBT, GEF, AIN, ESE, CSTM, UNF, ATMU, and MWA
Should you be buying Brady stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brady include Clear Secure (YOU), Resideo Technologies (REZI), John Bean Technologies (JBT), Greif (GEF), Albany International (AIN), ESCO Technologies (ESE), Constellium (CSTM), UniFirst (UNF), Atmus Filtration Technologies (ATMU), and Mueller Water Products (MWA). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Brady (NYSE:BRC) and Clear Secure (NYSE:YOU) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Brady currently has a consensus target price of $65.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.17%. Clear Secure has a consensus target price of $28.40, indicating a potential upside of 62.94%. Given Clear Secure's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Clear Secure is more favorable than Brady.
Brady received 339 more outperform votes than Clear Secure when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.55% of users gave Brady an outperform vote while only 60.42% of users gave Clear Secure an outperform vote.
Brady has a net margin of 14.08% compared to Clear Secure's net margin of 4.58%. Brady's return on equity of 19.24% beat Clear Secure's return on equity.
In the previous week, Brady had 44 more articles in the media than Clear Secure. MarketBeat recorded 58 mentions for Brady and 14 mentions for Clear Secure. Clear Secure's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Brady's score of 0.07 indicating that Clear Secure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
76.3% of Brady shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.8% of Clear Secure shares are held by institutional investors. 15.6% of Brady shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.9% of Clear Secure shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Brady pays an annual dividend of $0.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Clear Secure pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Brady pays out 24.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Clear Secure pays out 120.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Brady has higher revenue and earnings than Clear Secure. Brady is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clear Secure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Brady has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clear Secure has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Brady beats Clear Secure on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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