GTLS vs. TKR, ADT, FLS, ESAB, AA, MLI, BERY, SITE, SON, and ATKR
Should you be buying Chart Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chart Industries include Timken (TKR), ADT (ADT), Flowserve (FLS), ESAB (ESAB), Alcoa (AA), Mueller Industries (MLI), Berry Global Group (BERY), SiteOne Landscape Supply (SITE), Sonoco Products (SON), and Atkore (ATKR). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Timken (NYSE:TKR) and Chart Industries (NYSE:GTLS) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation and dividends.
In the previous week, Timken had 11 more articles in the media than Chart Industries. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Timken and 7 mentions for Chart Industries. Timken's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Chart Industries' score of 0.42 indicating that Chart Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Timken has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chart Industries has a beta of 1.73, meaning that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Timken has higher revenue and earnings than Chart Industries. Timken is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chart Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Timken has a net margin of 7.99% compared to Timken's net margin of 1.59%. Chart Industries' return on equity of 17.98% beat Timken's return on equity.
89.1% of Timken shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of Timken shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Chart Industries shares are owned 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.
Chart Industries received 83 more outperform votes than Timken when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.74% of users gave Timken an outperform vote while only 62.68% of users gave Chart Industries an outperform vote.
Timken presently has a consensus target price of $87.09, indicating a potential downside of 3.90%. Chart Industries has a consensus target price of $196.21, indicating a potential upside of 27.41%. Given Timken's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Chart Industries is more favorable than Timken.
Summary
Timken beats Chart Industries on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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