GTLS vs. FLS, MLI, ESAB, BERY, AA, TKR, ADT, ATKR, RBC, and AIT
Should you be buying Chart Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chart Industries include Flowserve (FLS), Mueller Industries (MLI), ESAB (ESAB), Berry Global Group (BERY), Alcoa (AA), Timken (TKR), ADT (ADT), Atkore (ATKR), RBC Bearings (RBC), and Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Chart Industries (NYSE:GTLS) and Flowserve (NYSE:FLS) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and risk.
93.9% of Flowserve shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Chart Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Flowserve shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Flowserve had 24 more articles in the media than Chart Industries. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Flowserve and 14 mentions for Chart Industries. Chart Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Flowserve's score of 0.74 indicating that Chart Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Flowserve has a net margin of 5.29% compared to Chart Industries' net margin of 1.00%. Flowserve's return on equity of 15.50% beat Chart Industries' return on equity.
Flowserve has higher revenue and earnings than Chart Industries. Flowserve is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chart Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Chart Industries has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flowserve has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Flowserve received 96 more outperform votes than Chart Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.79% of users gave Flowserve an outperform vote while only 62.75% of users gave Chart Industries an outperform vote.
Chart Industries presently has a consensus target price of $194.85, indicating a potential upside of 24.65%. Flowserve has a consensus target price of $51.55, indicating a potential upside of 8.59%. Given Chart Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Chart Industries is more favorable than Flowserve.
Summary
Flowserve beats Chart Industries on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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