WIRE vs. MLI, KALU, VRRM, TEX, FELE, ENS, BDC, SLGN, VMI, and MSM
Should you be buying Encore Wire stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Encore Wire include Mueller Industries (MLI), Kaiser Aluminum (KALU), Verra Mobility (VRRM), Terex (TEX), Franklin Electric (FELE), EnerSys (ENS), Belden (BDC), Silgan (SLGN), Valmont Industries (VMI), and MSC Industrial Direct (MSM). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Encore Wire (NASDAQ:WIRE) and Mueller Industries (NYSE:MLI) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
Encore Wire has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mueller Industries has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Mueller Industries had 5 more articles in the media than Encore Wire. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Mueller Industries and 7 mentions for Encore Wire. Mueller Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Encore Wire's score of 1.11 indicating that Mueller Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mueller Industries has a net margin of 17.22% compared to Encore Wire's net margin of 12.45%. Mueller Industries' return on equity of 24.69% beat Encore Wire's return on equity.
99.8% of Encore Wire shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of Mueller Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of Encore Wire shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Mueller Industries 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.
Encore Wire presently has a consensus price target of $273.33, indicating a potential downside of 2.58%. Given Encore Wire's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Encore Wire is more favorable than Mueller Industries.
Mueller Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Encore Wire. Mueller Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Encore Wire, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Encore Wire pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Mueller Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Encore Wire pays out 0.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mueller Industries pays out 16.0% 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.
Encore Wire received 78 more outperform votes than Mueller Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.66% of users gave Mueller Industries an outperform vote while only 57.42% of users gave Encore Wire an outperform vote.
Summary
Mueller Industries beats Encore Wire on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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