ITT vs. IEP, FSS, IAC, GFF, WOR, CSL, MKL, BATRA, VGR, and FBYD
Should you be buying ITT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ITT include Icahn Enterprises (IEP), Federal Signal (FSS), IAC (IAC), Griffon (GFF), Worthington Enterprises (WOR), Carlisle Companies (CSL), Markel Group (MKL), 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 Icahn Enterprises (NASDAQ:IEP) are both multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
ITT received 178 more outperform votes than Icahn Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.83% of users gave Icahn Enterprises an outperform vote while only 57.12% of users gave ITT an outperform vote.
91.6% of ITT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.1% of Icahn Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of ITT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 90.1% of Icahn Enterprises shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
ITT has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Icahn Enterprises has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
ITT has a net margin of 12.41% compared to Icahn Enterprises' net margin of -6.21%. ITT's return on equity of 18.21% beat Icahn Enterprises' return on equity.
In the previous week, ITT had 46 more articles in the media than Icahn Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for ITT and 2 mentions for Icahn Enterprises. ITT's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Icahn Enterprises' score of 0.00 indicating that ITT is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ITT presently has a consensus price target of $135.57, indicating a potential upside of 5.66%. Icahn Enterprises has a consensus price target of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 55.62%. Given Icahn Enterprises' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Icahn Enterprises is more favorable than ITT.
ITT pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Icahn Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 23.1%. ITT pays out 25.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Icahn Enterprises pays out -221.0% 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. Icahn Enterprises is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
ITT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Icahn Enterprises. Icahn Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ITT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
ITT beats Icahn Enterprises on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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