JCI vs. CARR, LII, AAON, CAT, ETN, DE, ABBNY, ITW, CTAS, and PH
Should you be buying Johnson Controls International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Johnson Controls International include Carrier Global (CARR), Lennox International (LII), AAON (AAON), Caterpillar (CAT), Eaton (ETN), Deere & Company (DE), ABB (ABBNY), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Cintas (CTAS), and Parker-Hannifin (PH).
Carrier Global (NYSE:CARR) and Johnson Controls International (NYSE:JCI) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking and valuation.
Carrier Global has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Johnson Controls International has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Johnson Controls International has higher revenue and earnings than Carrier Global. Johnson Controls International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carrier Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Johnson Controls International has a net margin of 6.32% compared to Johnson Controls International's net margin of 5.41%. Johnson Controls International's return on equity of 26.01% beat Carrier Global's return on equity.
Johnson Controls International received 1071 more outperform votes than Carrier Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.23% of users gave Johnson Controls International an outperform vote while only 46.49% of users gave Carrier Global an outperform vote.
Carrier Global pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Johnson Controls International pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Carrier Global pays out 53.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Johnson Controls International pays out 59.9% 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. Carrier Global has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Johnson Controls International has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Johnson Controls International had 2 more articles in the media than Carrier Global. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Johnson Controls International and 11 mentions for Carrier Global. Carrier Global's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Johnson Controls International's score of 0.25 indicating that Johnson Controls International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
91.0% of Carrier Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.1% of Johnson Controls International shares are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of Carrier Global shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Johnson Controls International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Carrier Global currently has a consensus price target of $62.71, suggesting a potential downside of 0.75%. Johnson Controls International has a consensus price target of $63.00, suggesting a potential downside of 12.39%. Given Johnson Controls International's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Carrier Global is more favorable than Johnson Controls International.
Summary
Carrier Global and Johnson Controls International tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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