NVT vs. PNR, KAI, JBT, MCHP, SNOW, SMCI, TTD, TEL, DASH, and FTNT
Should you be buying nVent Electric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of nVent Electric include Pentair (PNR), Kadant (KAI), John Bean Technologies (JBT), Microchip Technology (MCHP), Snowflake (SNOW), Super Micro Computer (SMCI), Trade Desk (TTD), TE Connectivity (TEL), DoorDash (DASH), and Fortinet (FTNT).
Pentair (NYSE:PNR) and nVent Electric (NYSE:NVT) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.
Pentair received 451 more outperform votes than nVent Electric when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.18% of users gave nVent Electric an outperform vote while only 56.50% of users gave Pentair an outperform vote.
Pentair pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. nVent Electric pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Pentair pays out 24.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. nVent Electric pays out 22.2% 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. Pentair has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years and nVent Electric has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Pentair is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
92.4% of Pentair shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.1% of nVent Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Pentair shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of nVent Electric shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
nVent Electric has a net margin of 17.02% compared to nVent Electric's net margin of 15.30%. nVent Electric's return on equity of 20.16% beat Pentair's return on equity.
Pentair presently has a consensus price target of $89.93, suggesting a potential upside of 10.51%. nVent Electric has a consensus price target of $87.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.91%. Given nVent Electric's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Pentair is more favorable than nVent Electric.
Pentair has higher revenue and earnings than nVent Electric. Pentair is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than nVent Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pentair has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, nVent Electric has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Pentair and Pentair both had 6 articles in the media. nVent Electric's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Pentair's score of 1.14 indicating that Pentair is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Pentair beats nVent Electric on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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