BDC vs. GNRC, AYI, FELE, WIRE, ENS, BRC, POWL, VICR, THR, and PLPC
Should you be buying Belden stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Belden include Generac (GNRC), Acuity Brands (AYI), Franklin Electric (FELE), Encore Wire (WIRE), EnerSys (ENS), Brady (BRC), Powell Industries (POWL), Vicor (VICR), Thermon Group (THR), and Preformed Line Products (PLPC). These companies are all part of the "electrical components & equipment" industry.
Belden (NYSE:BDC) and Generac (NYSE:GNRC) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.
Belden has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Generac. Belden is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Generac, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Generac received 36 more outperform votes than Belden when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.48% of users gave Belden an outperform vote while only 57.11% of users gave Generac an outperform vote.
Belden currently has a consensus target price of $104.40, suggesting a potential upside of 9.10%. Generac has a consensus target price of $141.05, suggesting a potential downside of 4.18%. Given Belden's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Belden is more favorable than Generac.
In the previous week, Generac had 1 more articles in the media than Belden. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Generac and 16 mentions for Belden. Generac's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Belden's score of 0.33 indicating that Generac is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Belden has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Generac has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Belden has a net margin of 9.01% compared to Generac's net margin of 5.68%. Belden's return on equity of 23.11% beat Generac's return on equity.
98.8% of Belden shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of Generac shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Belden shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Generac shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Belden and Generac tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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