HI vs. CR, KFY, HTZ, CWST, ROLL, BLDP, PYRGF, LASE, JKSM, and NMHIW
Should you be buying Hillenbrand stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hillenbrand include Crane (CR), Korn Ferry (KFY), Hertz Global (HTZ), Casella Waste Systems (CWST), RBC Bearings (ROLL), Ballard Power Systems (BLDP), PyroGenesis Canada (PYRGF), Laser Photonics (LASE), Jacksam (JKSM), and Nature's Miracle (NMHIW).
Crane (NYSE:CR) and Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, profitability and community ranking.
In the previous week, Crane had 12 more articles in the media than Hillenbrand. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Crane and 23 mentions for Hillenbrand. Crane's average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat Hillenbrand's score of 0.16 indicating that Hillenbrand is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Crane pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Hillenbrand pays an annual dividend of $0.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Crane pays out 22.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hillenbrand pays out 11.5% 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. Crane has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Hillenbrand has raised its dividend for 17 consecutive years. Hillenbrand is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Crane received 150 more outperform votes than Hillenbrand when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.47% of users gave Crane an outperform vote while only 57.11% of users gave Hillenbrand an outperform vote.
75.1% of Crane shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Hillenbrand shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Crane shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Hillenbrand shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Crane has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hillenbrand has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hillenbrand has higher revenue and earnings than Crane. Hillenbrand is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crane, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hillenbrand has a net margin of 18.39% compared to Hillenbrand's net margin of 13.10%. Hillenbrand's return on equity of 24.45% beat Crane's return on equity.
Crane currently has a consensus target price of $137.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.79%. Hillenbrand has a consensus target price of $61.00, indicating a potential upside of 47.06%. Given Crane's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hillenbrand is more favorable than Crane.
Summary
Hillenbrand beats Crane on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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