FERG vs. RR, EXPN, BA, AHT, RTO, REL, DPLM, RS1, GFTU, and SHI
Should you be buying Ferguson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ferguson include Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (RR), Experian (EXPN), BAE Systems (BA), Ashtead Group (AHT), Rentokil Initial (RTO), Relx (REL), Diploma (DPLM), RS Group (RS1), Grafton Group (GFTU), and SIG (SHI). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Ferguson (LON:FERG) and Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (LON:RR) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, risk and profitability.
In the previous week, Ferguson had 12 more articles in the media than Rolls-Royce Holdings plc. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Ferguson and 3 mentions for Rolls-Royce Holdings plc. Rolls-Royce Holdings plc's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Ferguson's score of 0.26 indicating that Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ferguson received 327 more outperform votes than Rolls-Royce Holdings plc when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.53% of users gave Ferguson an outperform vote while only 42.86% of users gave Rolls-Royce Holdings plc an outperform vote.
Ferguson pays an annual dividend of GBX 252 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Rolls-Royce Holdings plc pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Ferguson pays out 3,673.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Rolls-Royce Holdings plc pays out 4,137.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc has a net margin of 14.63% compared to Ferguson's net margin of 6.00%. Ferguson's return on equity of 34.72% beat Rolls-Royce Holdings plc's return on equity.
Ferguson presently has a consensus target price of £105.70, indicating a potential downside of 36.44%. Rolls-Royce Holdings plc has a consensus target price of GBX 342.20, indicating a potential downside of 18.15%. Given Rolls-Royce Holdings plc's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is more favorable than Ferguson.
88.2% of Ferguson shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.0% of Rolls-Royce Holdings plc shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Ferguson shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Rolls-Royce Holdings plc shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ferguson. Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ferguson, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ferguson has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rolls-Royce Holdings plc has a beta of 1.77, suggesting that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Ferguson beats Rolls-Royce Holdings plc on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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