JBT vs. KAI, REZI, BRC, GEF, YOU, AIN, ESE, CSTM, UNF, and ATMU
Should you be buying John Bean Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of John Bean Technologies include Kadant (KAI), Resideo Technologies (REZI), Brady (BRC), Greif (GEF), Clear Secure (YOU), Albany International (AIN), ESCO Technologies (ESE), Constellium (CSTM), UniFirst (UNF), and Atmus Filtration Technologies (ATMU). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Kadant (NYSE:KAI) and John Bean Technologies (NYSE:JBT) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Kadant has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Bean Technologies has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
John Bean Technologies has a net margin of 33.53% compared to John Bean Technologies' net margin of 12.12%. John Bean Technologies' return on equity of 16.20% beat Kadant's return on equity.
John Bean Technologies received 28 more outperform votes than Kadant when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.74% of users gave John Bean Technologies an outperform vote while only 57.68% of users gave Kadant an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Kadant and Kadant both had 7 articles in the media. John Bean Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Kadant's score of -0.34 indicating that Kadant is being referred to more favorably in the media.
John Bean Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Kadant. John Bean Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kadant, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kadant pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. John Bean Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Kadant pays out 12.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. John Bean Technologies pays out 2.1% 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. Kadant has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Kadant is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
96.1% of Kadant shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of John Bean Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Kadant shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of John Bean Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Kadant presently has a consensus price target of $300.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.24%. John Bean Technologies has a consensus price target of $121.00, indicating a potential upside of 33.26%. Given Kadant's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe John Bean Technologies is more favorable than Kadant.
Summary
John Bean Technologies beats Kadant on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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