AIT vs. SITE, MSA, RBC, MIDD, BERY, ATKR, ESAB, MLI, AA, and TKR
Should you be buying Applied Industrial Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Applied Industrial Technologies include SiteOne Landscape Supply (SITE), MSA Safety (MSA), RBC Bearings (RBC), Middleby (MIDD), Berry Global Group (BERY), Atkore (ATKR), ESAB (ESAB), Mueller Industries (MLI), Alcoa (AA), and Timken (TKR). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
SiteOne Landscape Supply (NYSE:SITE) and Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE:AIT) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations and valuation.
In the previous week, SiteOne Landscape Supply had 30 more articles in the media than Applied Industrial Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for SiteOne Landscape Supply and 8 mentions for Applied Industrial Technologies. SiteOne Landscape Supply's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Applied Industrial Technologies' score of 0.48 indicating that Applied Industrial Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Applied Industrial Technologies has a net margin of 8.36% compared to Applied Industrial Technologies' net margin of 3.63%. SiteOne Landscape Supply's return on equity of 23.69% beat Applied Industrial Technologies' return on equity.
Applied Industrial Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than SiteOne Landscape Supply. Applied Industrial Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SiteOne Landscape Supply, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SiteOne Landscape Supply received 29 more outperform votes than Applied Industrial Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.71% of users gave Applied Industrial Technologies an outperform vote while only 55.11% of users gave SiteOne Landscape Supply an outperform vote.
SiteOne Landscape Supply currently has a consensus price target of $167.50, indicating a potential upside of 7.28%. Applied Industrial Technologies has a consensus price target of $201.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.70%. Given Applied Industrial Technologies' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe SiteOne Landscape Supply is more favorable than Applied Industrial Technologies.
SiteOne Landscape Supply has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Applied Industrial Technologies has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
93.5% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of SiteOne Landscape Supply shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Applied Industrial Technologies beats SiteOne Landscape Supply on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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