LECO vs. SWK, AOS, PNR, GGG, AMCR, TTEK, CNHI, ALLE, NDSN, and RRX
Should you be buying Lincoln Electric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lincoln Electric include Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), A. O. Smith (AOS), Pentair (PNR), Graco (GGG), Amcor (AMCR), Tetra Tech (TTEK), CNH Industrial (CNHI), Allegion (ALLE), Nordson (NDSN), and Regal Rexnord (RRX). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE:SWK) and Lincoln Electric (NASDAQ:LECO) 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 community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends and earnings.
Lincoln Electric has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Stanley Black & Decker. Stanley Black & Decker is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lincoln Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Stanley Black & Decker presently has a consensus price target of $97.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.95%. Lincoln Electric has a consensus price target of $228.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.64%. Given Lincoln Electric's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Stanley Black & Decker is more favorable than Lincoln Electric.
Lincoln Electric has a net margin of 13.23% compared to Lincoln Electric's net margin of -0.66%. Stanley Black & Decker's return on equity of 43.81% beat Lincoln Electric's return on equity.
87.8% of Stanley Black & Decker shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.6% of Lincoln Electric shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Stanley Black & Decker shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Lincoln Electric shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Stanley Black & Decker has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lincoln Electric has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Stanley Black & Decker pays an annual dividend of $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Lincoln Electric pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Stanley Black & Decker pays out -469.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lincoln Electric pays out 30.1% 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. Stanley Black & Decker has raised its dividend for 57 consecutive years and Lincoln Electric has raised its dividend for 29 consecutive years. Stanley Black & Decker is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Stanley Black & Decker had 23 more articles in the media than Lincoln Electric. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Stanley Black & Decker and 4 mentions for Lincoln Electric. Stanley Black & Decker's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Lincoln Electric's score of 0.38 indicating that Lincoln Electric is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Stanley Black & Decker received 114 more outperform votes than Lincoln Electric when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.74% of users gave Stanley Black & Decker an outperform vote while only 59.51% of users gave Lincoln Electric an outperform vote.
Summary
Stanley Black & Decker and Lincoln Electric tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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