CSL vs. MMM, DHR, GE, YHGJ, ITT, IEP, FSS, IAC, GFF, and WOR
Should you be buying Carlisle Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carlisle Companies include 3M (MMM), Danaher (DHR), General Electric (GE), Yunhong Green CTI (YHGJ), ITT (ITT), Icahn Enterprises (IEP), Federal Signal (FSS), IAC (IAC), Griffon (GFF), and Worthington Enterprises (WOR).
3M (NYSE:MMM) and Carlisle Companies (NYSE:CSL) are both large-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.
In the previous week, Carlisle Companies had 7 more articles in the media than 3M. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Carlisle Companies and 19 mentions for 3M. Carlisle Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat 3M's score of 0.17 indicating that 3M is being referred to more favorably in the media.
3M presently has a consensus price target of $108.55, indicating a potential upside of 8.39%. Carlisle Companies has a consensus price target of $416.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.55%. Given Carlisle Companies' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe 3M is more favorable than Carlisle Companies.
3M has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Carlisle Companies has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Carlisle Companies has a net margin of 17.13% compared to Carlisle Companies' net margin of -21.57%. Carlisle Companies' return on equity of 95.80% beat 3M's return on equity.
3M pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Carlisle Companies pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. 3M pays out -22.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Carlisle Companies pays out 19.7% 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. 3M has raised its dividend for 67 consecutive years and Carlisle Companies has raised its dividend for 47 consecutive years. 3M is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Carlisle Companies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than 3M. 3M is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carlisle Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
65.3% of 3M shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.5% of Carlisle Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of 3M shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Carlisle Companies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
3M received 451 more outperform votes than Carlisle Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.08% of users gave Carlisle Companies an outperform vote while only 59.53% of users gave 3M an outperform vote.
Summary
Carlisle Companies beats 3M on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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