JCI vs. FERG, GWW, IR, XYL, ROK, DOV, EMR, AXON, BALL, and HUBB
Should you be buying Johnson Controls International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Johnson Controls International include Ferguson (FERG), W.W. Grainger (GWW), Ingersoll Rand (IR), Xylem (XYL), Rockwell Automation (ROK), Dover (DOV), Emerson Electric (EMR), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Ball (BALL), and Hubbell (HUBB). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Ferguson (NASDAQ:FERG) and Johnson Controls International (NYSE:JCI) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and valuation.
82.0% of Ferguson shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.1% of Johnson Controls International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Ferguson shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Johnson Controls International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Ferguson had 17 more articles in the media than Johnson Controls International. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Ferguson and 12 mentions for Johnson Controls International. Ferguson's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Johnson Controls International's score of 0.24 indicating that Johnson Controls International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ferguson has higher revenue and earnings than Johnson Controls International. Ferguson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Johnson Controls International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ferguson presently has a consensus target price of $166.50, indicating a potential downside of 20.98%. Johnson Controls International has a consensus target price of $63.00, indicating a potential downside of 8.72%. Given Ferguson's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Johnson Controls International is more favorable than Ferguson.
Ferguson has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Johnson Controls International has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ferguson pays an annual dividend of $3.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Johnson Controls International pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Ferguson pays out 36.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Johnson Controls International pays out 59.9% 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. Ferguson has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Johnson Controls International has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Johnson Controls International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Johnson Controls International received 1115 more outperform votes than Ferguson when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.23% of users gave Johnson Controls International an outperform vote while only 37.84% of users gave Ferguson an outperform vote.
Johnson Controls International has a net margin of 6.32% compared to Johnson Controls International's net margin of 6.00%. Johnson Controls International's return on equity of 37.99% beat Ferguson's return on equity.
Summary
Johnson Controls International beats Ferguson on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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