GWW vs. JCI, FERG, IR, XYL, ROK, EMR, DOV, CTAS, PH, and AXON
Should you be buying W.W. Grainger stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of W.W. Grainger include Johnson Controls International (JCI), Ferguson (FERG), Ingersoll Rand (IR), Xylem (XYL), Rockwell Automation (ROK), Emerson Electric (EMR), Dover (DOV), Cintas (CTAS), Parker-Hannifin (PH), and Axon Enterprise (AXON). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Johnson Controls International (NYSE:JCI) and W.W. Grainger (NYSE:GWW) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
W.W. Grainger has a net margin of 10.94% compared to W.W. Grainger's net margin of 6.32%. Johnson Controls International's return on equity of 54.31% beat W.W. Grainger's return on equity.
Johnson Controls International received 614 more outperform votes than W.W. Grainger when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.23% of users gave Johnson Controls International an outperform vote while only 54.19% of users gave W.W. Grainger an outperform vote.
In the previous week, W.W. Grainger had 1 more articles in the media than Johnson Controls International. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for W.W. Grainger and 12 mentions for Johnson Controls International. W.W. Grainger's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Johnson Controls International's score of 0.72 indicating that Johnson Controls International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Johnson Controls International presently has a consensus target price of $63.00, indicating a potential downside of 8.72%. W.W. Grainger has a consensus target price of $938.89, indicating a potential downside of 0.72%. Given Johnson Controls International's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe W.W. Grainger is more favorable than Johnson Controls International.
Johnson Controls International has higher revenue and earnings than W.W. Grainger. W.W. Grainger is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Johnson Controls International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Johnson Controls International has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, W.W. Grainger has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
90.1% of Johnson Controls International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of W.W. Grainger shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Johnson Controls International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of W.W. Grainger shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Johnson Controls International pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. W.W. Grainger pays an annual dividend of $8.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Johnson Controls International pays out 59.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. W.W. Grainger pays out 22.6% 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. Johnson Controls International has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and W.W. Grainger has raised its dividend for 54 consecutive years.
Summary
Johnson Controls International beats W.W. Grainger on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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