EMR vs. ETN, ROP, AME, ROK, ENPH, GNRC, AYI, FELE, WIRE, and ENS
Should you be buying Emerson Electric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Emerson Electric include Eaton (ETN), Roper Technologies (ROP), AMETEK (AME), Rockwell Automation (ROK), Enphase Energy (ENPH), Generac (GNRC), Acuity Brands (AYI), Franklin Electric (FELE), Encore Wire (WIRE), and EnerSys (ENS). These companies are all part of the "electrical components & equipment" industry.
Eaton (NYSE:ETN) and Emerson Electric (NYSE:EMR) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Eaton has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Emerson Electric has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Eaton currently has a consensus target price of $314.27, indicating a potential downside of 5.58%. Emerson Electric has a consensus target price of $120.56, indicating a potential upside of 7.49%. Given Eaton's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Emerson Electric is more favorable than Eaton.
83.0% of Eaton shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.3% of Emerson Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Eaton shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Emerson Electric shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Eaton had 3 more articles in the media than Emerson Electric. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Eaton and 12 mentions for Emerson Electric. Emerson Electric's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Eaton's score of 0.77 indicating that Eaton is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Emerson Electric has a net margin of 64.97% compared to Emerson Electric's net margin of 14.38%. Emerson Electric's return on equity of 20.69% beat Eaton's return on equity.
Eaton pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Emerson Electric pays an annual dividend of $2.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Eaton pays out 44.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Emerson Electric pays out 11.2% 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. Eaton has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Emerson Electric has increased its dividend for 67 consecutive years. Emerson Electric is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Eaton received 197 more outperform votes than Emerson Electric when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.59% of users gave Eaton an outperform vote while only 58.16% of users gave Emerson Electric an outperform vote.
Emerson Electric has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Eaton. Emerson Electric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eaton, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Eaton beats Emerson Electric on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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