MMM vs. MKL, CSL, HON, DHR, ITT, IEP, FSS, IAC, GFF, and WOR
Should you be buying 3M stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of 3M include Markel Group (MKL), Carlisle Companies (CSL), Honeywell International (HON), Danaher (DHR), ITT (ITT), Icahn Enterprises (IEP), Federal Signal (FSS), IAC (IAC), Griffon (GFF), and Worthington Enterprises (WOR). These companies are all part of the "multi-sector conglomerates" sector.
Markel Group (NYSE:MKL) and 3M (NYSE:MMM) are both large-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.
Markel Group currently has a consensus target price of $1,520.00, indicating a potential downside of 5.94%. 3M has a consensus target price of $103.70, indicating a potential upside of 8.07%. Given Markel Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe 3M is more favorable than Markel Group.
3M received 588 more outperform votes than Markel Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.04% of users gave Markel Group an outperform vote while only 59.37% of users gave 3M an outperform vote.
Markel Group has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 3M has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
In the previous week, 3M had 11 more articles in the media than Markel Group. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for 3M and 19 mentions for Markel Group. 3M's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Markel Group's score of 0.62 indicating that Markel Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Markel Group has a net margin of 15.23% compared to Markel Group's net margin of -21.57%. Markel Group's return on equity of 95.80% beat 3M's return on equity.
77.1% of Markel Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.3% of 3M shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Markel Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of 3M shares are held by 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.
Markel Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than 3M. 3M is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Markel Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
3M beats Markel Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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