GTLS vs. DOV, IEX, SNA, GGG, NDSN, PNR, SWK, LECO, WWD, and ITT
Should you be buying Chart Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chart Industries include Dover (DOV), IDEX (IEX), Snap-on (SNA), Graco (GGG), Nordson (NDSN), Pentair (PNR), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), Lincoln Electric (LECO), Woodward (WWD), and ITT (ITT). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Chart Industries (NYSE:GTLS) and Dover (NYSE:DOV) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.
Dover received 251 more outperform votes than Chart Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.60% of users gave Chart Industries an outperform vote while only 61.60% of users gave Dover an outperform vote.
Chart Industries has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dover has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dover has a net margin of 17.28% compared to Chart Industries' net margin of 1.59%. Dover's return on equity of 25.04% beat Chart Industries' return on equity.
Chart Industries currently has a consensus target price of $197.57, indicating a potential upside of 25.82%. Dover has a consensus target price of $185.75, indicating a potential upside of 1.05%. Given Chart Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Chart Industries is more favorable than Dover.
Dover has higher revenue and earnings than Chart Industries. Dover is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chart Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
84.5% of Dover shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Chart Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Dover shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Dover had 10 more articles in the media than Chart Industries. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Dover and 11 mentions for Chart Industries. Chart Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Dover's score of -0.08 indicating that Chart Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Dover beats Chart Industries on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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