SWK vs. IR, XYL, DOV, IEX, SNA, GGG, NDSN, PNR, LECO, and WWD
Should you be buying Stanley Black & Decker stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stanley Black & Decker include Ingersoll Rand (IR), Xylem (XYL), Dover (DOV), IDEX (IEX), Snap-on (SNA), Graco (GGG), Nordson (NDSN), Pentair (PNR), Lincoln Electric (LECO), and Woodward (WWD). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR) and Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE:SWK) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and community ranking.
Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Stanley Black & Decker pays an annual dividend of $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Ingersoll Rand pays out 4.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stanley Black & Decker pays out -469.6% 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. Stanley Black & Decker has increased its dividend for 57 consecutive years. Stanley Black & Decker is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Ingersoll Rand has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Stanley Black & Decker. Stanley Black & Decker is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ingersoll Rand, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Stanley Black & Decker had 8 more articles in the media than Ingersoll Rand. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Stanley Black & Decker and 7 mentions for Ingersoll Rand. Stanley Black & Decker's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Ingersoll Rand's score of 0.84 indicating that Ingersoll Rand is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ingersoll Rand received 161 more outperform votes than Stanley Black & Decker when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.41% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 59.74% of users gave Stanley Black & Decker an outperform vote.
Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stanley Black & Decker has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ingersoll Rand currently has a consensus price target of $95.82, indicating a potential upside of 2.97%. Stanley Black & Decker has a consensus price target of $97.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.28%. Given Ingersoll Rand's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Stanley Black & Decker is more favorable than Ingersoll Rand.
95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of Stanley Black & Decker shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Stanley Black & Decker shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ingersoll Rand has a net margin of 11.85% compared to Ingersoll Rand's net margin of -0.66%. Stanley Black & Decker's return on equity of 12.57% beat Ingersoll Rand's return on equity.
Summary
Ingersoll Rand beats Stanley Black & Decker on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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