SWK vs. PNR, LECO, GGG, AOS, AMCR, CNHI, TTEK, NDSN, ALLE, and PKG
Should you be buying Stanley Black & Decker stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stanley Black & Decker include Pentair (PNR), Lincoln Electric (LECO), Graco (GGG), A. O. Smith (AOS), Amcor (AMCR), CNH Industrial (CNHI), Tetra Tech (TTEK), Nordson (NDSN), Allegion (ALLE), and Packaging Co. of America (PKG). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE:SWK) and Pentair (NYSE:PNR) 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, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and community ranking.
Stanley Black & Decker pays an annual dividend of $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Pentair pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Stanley Black & Decker pays out -469.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pentair pays out 24.5% 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. Stanley Black & Decker is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Pentair has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Stanley Black & Decker. Stanley Black & Decker is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pentair, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
87.8% of Stanley Black & Decker shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Pentair shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Stanley Black & Decker shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Pentair shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Stanley Black & Decker had 14 more articles in the media than Pentair. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Stanley Black & Decker and 13 mentions for Pentair. Pentair's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Stanley Black & Decker's score of 0.38 indicating that Pentair is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Pentair received 74 more outperform votes than Stanley Black & Decker when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.74% of users gave Stanley Black & Decker an outperform vote while only 56.50% of users gave Pentair an outperform vote.
Stanley Black & Decker presently has a consensus target price of $97.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.95%. Pentair has a consensus target price of $89.93, suggesting a potential upside of 7.89%. Given Stanley Black & Decker's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Stanley Black & Decker is more favorable than Pentair.
Pentair has a net margin of 15.30% compared to Stanley Black & Decker's net margin of -0.66%. Pentair's return on equity of 20.16% beat Stanley Black & Decker's return on equity.
Stanley Black & Decker has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pentair has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Pentair beats Stanley Black & Decker on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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