CSL vs. ITT, IEP, FSS, MMM, IAC, GFF, WOR, BATRA, VGR, and FBYD
Should you be buying Carlisle Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carlisle Companies include ITT (ITT), Icahn Enterprises (IEP), Federal Signal (FSS), 3M (MMM), IAC (IAC), Griffon (GFF), Worthington Enterprises (WOR), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), Vector Group (VGR), and Falcon's Beyond Global (FBYD). These companies are all part of the "multi-sector conglomerates" sector.
ITT (NYSE:ITT) and Carlisle Companies (NYSE:CSL) are both large-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Carlisle Companies has a net margin of 17.13% compared to Carlisle Companies' net margin of 12.50%. ITT's return on equity of 30.23% beat Carlisle Companies' return on equity.
ITT presently has a consensus target price of $135.57, suggesting a potential upside of 3.33%. Carlisle Companies has a consensus target price of $398.33, suggesting a potential downside of 0.56%. Given Carlisle Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe ITT is more favorable than Carlisle Companies.
91.6% of ITT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.5% of Carlisle Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of ITT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Carlisle Companies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Carlisle Companies has higher revenue and earnings than ITT. Carlisle Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ITT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Carlisle Companies had 18 more articles in the media than ITT. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Carlisle Companies and 14 mentions for ITT. ITT's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Carlisle Companies' score of 0.14 indicating that Carlisle Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ITT pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Carlisle Companies pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. ITT pays out 25.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Carlisle Companies pays out 19.7% 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. ITT has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years and Carlisle Companies has raised its dividend for 47 consecutive years.
ITT received 5 more outperform votes than Carlisle Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.08% of users gave Carlisle Companies an outperform vote while only 57.12% of users gave ITT an outperform vote.
ITT has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carlisle Companies has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Carlisle Companies beats ITT on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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