ITT vs. IEP, FSS, IAC, GFF, WOR, CSL, MKL, BATRA, VGR, and FBYD
Should you be buying ITT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ITT include Icahn Enterprises (IEP), Federal Signal (FSS), IAC (IAC), Griffon (GFF), Worthington Enterprises (WOR), Carlisle Companies (CSL), Markel Group (MKL), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), Vector Group (VGR), and Falcon's Beyond Global (FBYD). These companies are all part of the "multi-sector conglomerates" sector.
ITT (NYSE:ITT) and Icahn Enterprises (NASDAQ:IEP) are both multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, profitability, valuation and dividends.
ITT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Icahn Enterprises. Icahn Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ITT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ITT received 179 more outperform votes than Icahn Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.83% of users gave Icahn Enterprises an outperform vote while only 57.18% of users gave ITT an outperform vote.
ITT has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Icahn Enterprises has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
ITT pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Icahn Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 22.3%. ITT pays out 25.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Icahn Enterprises pays out -221.0% 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. Icahn Enterprises is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
91.6% of ITT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.1% of Icahn Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of ITT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 90.1% of Icahn Enterprises shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, ITT had 47 more articles in the media than Icahn Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 50 mentions for ITT and 3 mentions for Icahn Enterprises. ITT's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Icahn Enterprises' score of 0.00 indicating that ITT is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ITT presently has a consensus target price of $138.38, suggesting a potential upside of 2.45%. Icahn Enterprises has a consensus target price of $27.00, suggesting a potential upside of 50.75%. Given Icahn Enterprises' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Icahn Enterprises is more favorable than ITT.
ITT has a net margin of 12.41% compared to Icahn Enterprises' net margin of -6.21%. ITT's return on equity of 18.21% beat Icahn Enterprises' return on equity.
Summary
ITT beats Icahn Enterprises on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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