GTES vs. KNF, RYN, KBH, SKY, AWI, BCC, DY, LPX, THO, and ACA
Should you be buying Gates Industrial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gates Industrial include Knife River (KNF), Rayonier (RYN), KB Home (KBH), Skyline Champion (SKY), Armstrong World Industries (AWI), Boise Cascade (BCC), Dycom Industries (DY), Louisiana-Pacific (LPX), THOR Industries (THO), and Arcosa (ACA). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Knife River (NYSE:KNF) and Gates Industrial (NYSE:GTES) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and earnings.
Gates Industrial has higher revenue and earnings than Knife River. Knife River is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gates Industrial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gates Industrial received 206 more outperform votes than Knife River when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Knife River an outperform vote while only 54.78% of users gave Gates Industrial an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Gates Industrial had 11 more articles in the media than Knife River. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Gates Industrial and 13 mentions for Knife River. Knife River's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Gates Industrial's score of 0.15 indicating that Gates Industrial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
80.1% of Knife River shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of Gates Industrial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Knife River shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Gates Industrial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Gates Industrial has a net margin of 6.97% compared to Gates Industrial's net margin of 6.46%. Gates Industrial's return on equity of 15.98% beat Knife River's return on equity.
Knife River presently has a consensus price target of $76.20, indicating a potential downside of 3.40%. Gates Industrial has a consensus price target of $18.88, indicating a potential upside of 14.64%. Given Knife River's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Gates Industrial is more favorable than Knife River.
Summary
Gates Industrial beats Knife River on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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