B vs. MIDD, MLI, WTS, GTLS, FLS, TKR, VMI, KAI, NPO, and JBT
Should you be buying Barnes Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barnes Group include Middleby (MIDD), Mueller Industries (MLI), Watts Water Technologies (WTS), Chart Industries (GTLS), Flowserve (FLS), Timken (TKR), Valmont Industries (VMI), Kadant (KAI), Enpro (NPO), and John Bean Technologies (JBT). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Barnes Group (NYSE:B) and Middleby (NASDAQ:MIDD) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Middleby has a net margin of 9.82% compared to Barnes Group's net margin of 0.31%. Middleby's return on equity of 15.88% beat Barnes Group's return on equity.
Middleby has higher revenue and earnings than Barnes Group. Middleby is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Barnes Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Barnes Group presently has a consensus price target of $40.67, indicating a potential upside of 9.47%. Middleby has a consensus price target of $153.43, indicating a potential upside of 21.88%. Given Middleby's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Middleby is more favorable than Barnes Group.
Barnes Group received 8 more outperform votes than Middleby when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.19% of users gave Barnes Group an outperform vote while only 59.05% of users gave Middleby an outperform vote.
90.8% of Barnes Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.6% of Middleby shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.2% of Barnes Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Middleby shares are owned by company 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, Middleby had 9 more articles in the media than Barnes Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Middleby and 3 mentions for Barnes Group. Barnes Group's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat Middleby's score of 0.28 indicating that Barnes Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Barnes Group has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Middleby has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Middleby beats Barnes Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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