TS vs. AXON, HUBB, DOV, BALL, IEX, AVY, PKG, GGG, NDSN, and CNHI
Should you be buying Tenaris stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tenaris include Axon Enterprise (AXON), Hubbell (HUBB), Dover (DOV), Ball (BALL), IDEX (IEX), Avery Dennison (AVY), Packaging Co. of America (PKG), Graco (GGG), Nordson (NDSN), and CNH Industrial (CNHI). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Tenaris (NYSE:TS) and Axon Enterprise (NASDAQ:AXON) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and community ranking.
Axon Enterprise received 20 more outperform votes than Tenaris when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.84% of users gave Axon Enterprise an outperform vote while only 61.88% of users gave Tenaris an outperform vote.
Tenaris has higher revenue and earnings than Axon Enterprise. Tenaris is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Axon Enterprise, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
10.5% of Tenaris shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.1% of Axon Enterprise shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Tenaris shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Axon Enterprise shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Tenaris has a net margin of 24.89% compared to Axon Enterprise's net margin of 11.14%. Tenaris' return on equity of 21.50% beat Axon Enterprise's return on equity.
Tenaris has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Axon Enterprise has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Tenaris presently has a consensus target price of $41.93, indicating a potential upside of 21.16%. Axon Enterprise has a consensus target price of $314.91, indicating a potential upside of 2.17%. Given Tenaris' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Tenaris is more favorable than Axon Enterprise.
In the previous week, Axon Enterprise had 18 more articles in the media than Tenaris. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Axon Enterprise and 8 mentions for Tenaris. Tenaris' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Axon Enterprise's score of 0.46 indicating that Tenaris is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Tenaris and Axon Enterprise tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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