MMM vs. CSL, HON, DHR, ITT, IEP, FSS, IAC, GFF, WOR, and BATRA
Should you be buying 3M stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of 3M include Carlisle Companies (CSL), Honeywell International (HON), Danaher (DHR), ITT (ITT), Icahn Enterprises (IEP), Federal Signal (FSS), IAC (IAC), Griffon (GFF), Worthington Enterprises (WOR), and Atlanta Braves (BATRA). These companies are all part of the "multi-sector conglomerates" sector.
Carlisle Companies (NYSE:CSL) and 3M (NYSE:MMM) are both large-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking and dividends.
Carlisle Companies presently has a consensus price target of $398.33, suggesting a potential downside of 0.56%. 3M has a consensus price target of $104.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.25%. Given Carlisle Companies' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe 3M is more favorable than Carlisle Companies.
Carlisle Companies pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. 3M pays an annual dividend of $6.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Carlisle Companies pays out 19.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 3M pays out -47.8% 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. Carlisle Companies has increased its dividend for 47 consecutive years and 3M has increased its dividend for 67 consecutive years. 3M is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Carlisle Companies had 12 more articles in the media than 3M. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Carlisle Companies and 18 mentions for 3M. Carlisle Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat 3M's score of 0.58 indicating that 3M is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
89.5% of Carlisle Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.3% of 3M shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Carlisle Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of 3M shares are owned 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.
Carlisle Companies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than 3M. 3M is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carlisle Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Carlisle Companies has a net margin of 17.13% compared to Carlisle Companies' net margin of -21.40%. Carlisle Companies' return on equity of 62.45% beat 3M's return on equity.
Carlisle Companies has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 3M has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
3M received 444 more outperform votes than Carlisle Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.08% of users gave Carlisle Companies an outperform vote while only 59.46% of users gave 3M an outperform vote.
Summary
Carlisle Companies beats 3M on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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