FELE vs. VRRM, WIRE, SLGN, TEX, VMI, MSM, ENS, BDC, SEE, and ZWS
Should you be buying Franklin Electric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Franklin Electric include Verra Mobility (VRRM), Encore Wire (WIRE), Silgan (SLGN), Terex (TEX), Valmont Industries (VMI), MSC Industrial Direct (MSM), EnerSys (ENS), Belden (BDC), Sealed Air (SEE), and Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Verra Mobility (NASDAQ:VRRM) and Franklin Electric (NASDAQ:FELE) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Franklin Electric had 1 more articles in the media than Verra Mobility. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Franklin Electric and 4 mentions for Verra Mobility. Franklin Electric's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Verra Mobility's score of 0.45 indicating that Verra Mobility is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Franklin Electric received 230 more outperform votes than Verra Mobility when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.53% of users gave Franklin Electric an outperform vote while only 50.38% of users gave Verra Mobility an outperform vote.
Verra Mobility has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Electric has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Verra Mobility presently has a consensus price target of $22.33, suggesting a potential downside of 18.28%. Franklin Electric has a consensus price target of $100.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.05%. Given Verra Mobility's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Franklin Electric is more favorable than Verra Mobility.
80.0% of Franklin Electric shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Verra Mobility shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Franklin Electric shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Franklin Electric has higher revenue and earnings than Verra Mobility. Franklin Electric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Verra Mobility, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Verra Mobility has a net margin of 9.77% compared to Verra Mobility's net margin of 9.25%. Franklin Electric's return on equity of 37.87% beat Verra Mobility's return on equity.
Summary
Franklin Electric beats Verra Mobility on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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