XRX vs. SXI, AZZ, HEES, EPAC, KMT, AMBP, B, TNC, LZ, and PLUG
Should you be buying Xerox stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Xerox include Standex International (SXI), AZZ (AZZ), H&E Equipment Services (HEES), Enerpac Tool Group (EPAC), Kennametal (KMT), Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMBP), Barnes Group (B), Tennant (TNC), LegalZoom.com (LZ), and Plug Power (PLUG). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Standex International (NYSE:SXI) and Xerox (NYSE:XRX) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and community ranking.
Standex International presently has a consensus target price of $195.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.80%. Xerox has a consensus target price of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.10%. Given Xerox's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Standex International is more favorable than Xerox.
Xerox received 183 more outperform votes than Standex International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.20% of users gave Standex International an outperform vote while only 54.13% of users gave Xerox an outperform vote.
Standex International has a net margin of 18.80% compared to Standex International's net margin of -2.74%. Xerox's return on equity of 13.63% beat Standex International's return on equity.
In the previous week, Xerox had 4 more articles in the media than Standex International. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Xerox and 8 mentions for Standex International. Xerox's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Standex International's score of -0.03 indicating that Standex International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
90.4% of Standex International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.4% of Xerox shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Standex International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Xerox shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Standex International pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Xerox pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Standex International pays out 10.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Xerox pays out -63.7% 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. Standex International has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Xerox is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Standex International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Xerox. Xerox is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Standex International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Standex International has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xerox has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Standex International beats Xerox on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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