VMI vs. MSM, SLGN, SEE, ZWS, CWST, ATKR, FELE, SON, VRRM, and WIRE
Should you be buying Valmont Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Valmont Industries include MSC Industrial Direct (MSM), Silgan (SLGN), Sealed Air (SEE), Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS), Casella Waste Systems (CWST), Atkore (ATKR), Franklin Electric (FELE), Sonoco Products (SON), Verra Mobility (VRRM), and Encore Wire (WIRE). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
MSC Industrial Direct (NYSE:MSM) and Valmont Industries (NYSE:VMI) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.
MSC Industrial Direct received 70 more outperform votes than Valmont Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.76% of users gave Valmont Industries an outperform vote while only 53.29% of users gave MSC Industrial Direct an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Valmont Industries had 9 more articles in the media than MSC Industrial Direct. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Valmont Industries and 5 mentions for MSC Industrial Direct. Valmont Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat MSC Industrial Direct's score of 0.70 indicating that MSC Industrial Direct is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MSC Industrial Direct has a net margin of 7.89% compared to MSC Industrial Direct's net margin of 3.83%. Valmont Industries' return on equity of 22.58% beat MSC Industrial Direct's return on equity.
79.3% of MSC Industrial Direct shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of Valmont Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 18.8% of MSC Industrial Direct shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Valmont Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
MSC Industrial Direct has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Valmont Industries. MSC Industrial Direct is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Valmont Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MSC Industrial Direct has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valmont Industries has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MSC Industrial Direct pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Valmont Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. MSC Industrial Direct pays out 59.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Valmont Industries pays out 31.6% 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. MSC Industrial Direct has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Valmont Industries has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
MSC Industrial Direct currently has a consensus target price of $107.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.39%. Valmont Industries has a consensus target price of $262.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.60%. Given Valmont Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe MSC Industrial Direct is more favorable than Valmont Industries.
Summary
MSC Industrial Direct beats Valmont Industries on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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