SXI vs. WTS, MLI, MIDD, FLS, GTLS, TKR, VMI, KAI, NPO, and JBT
Should you be buying Standex International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Standex International include Watts Water Technologies (WTS), Mueller Industries (MLI), Middleby (MIDD), Flowserve (FLS), Chart Industries (GTLS), Timken (TKR), Valmont Industries (VMI), Kadant (KAI), Enpro (NPO), and John Bean Technologies (JBT). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Standex International (NYSE:SXI) and Watts Water Technologies (NYSE:WTS) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, risk, community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
90.4% of Standex International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of Watts Water Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Standex International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Watts Water Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Standex International currently has a consensus price target of $191.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.55%. Watts Water Technologies has a consensus price target of $199.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.21%. Given Standex International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Standex International is more favorable than Watts Water Technologies.
Watts Water Technologies has a net margin of 12.53% compared to Standex International's net margin of 10.11%. Watts Water Technologies' return on equity of 19.61% beat Standex International's return on equity.
In the previous week, Watts Water Technologies had 6 more articles in the media than Standex International. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Watts Water Technologies and 6 mentions for Standex International. Watts Water Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Standex International's score of 0.40 indicating that Watts Water Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Watts Water Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Standex International. Watts Water Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Standex International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Standex International pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Watts Water Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Standex International pays out 19.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Watts Water Technologies pays out 17.9% 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. Watts Water Technologies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Watts Water Technologies received 24 more outperform votes than Standex International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.54% of users gave Standex International an outperform vote while only 56.90% of users gave Watts Water Technologies an outperform vote.
Standex International has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Watts Water Technologies has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Watts Water Technologies beats Standex International on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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