ACET vs. GWW, FAST, URI, WSO, AIT, WCC, BECN, GATX, AL, and MSM
Should you be buying Adicet Bio stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Adicet Bio include W.W. Grainger (GWW), Fastenal (FAST), United Rentals (URI), Watsco (WSO), Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), WESCO International (WCC), Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN), GATX (GATX), Air Lease (AL), and MSC Industrial Direct (MSM). These companies are all part of the "trading companies & distributors" industry.
Adicet Bio vs.
W.W. Grainger (NYSE:GWW) and Adicet Bio (NASDAQ:ACET) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and profitability.
W.W. Grainger has higher revenue and earnings than Adicet Bio. Adicet Bio is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than W.W. Grainger, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, W.W. Grainger had 32 more articles in the media than Adicet Bio. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for W.W. Grainger and 3 mentions for Adicet Bio. W.W. Grainger's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Adicet Bio's score of 0.45 indicating that W.W. Grainger is being referred to more favorably in the media.
80.7% of W.W. Grainger shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.9% of Adicet Bio shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.1% of W.W. Grainger shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.1% of Adicet Bio shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
W.W. Grainger currently has a consensus price target of $1,130.89, suggesting a potential upside of 20.00%. Adicet Bio has a consensus price target of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1,074.26%. Given Adicet Bio's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Adicet Bio is more favorable than W.W. Grainger.
W.W. Grainger received 247 more outperform votes than Adicet Bio when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.14% of users gave Adicet Bio an outperform vote while only 53.37% of users gave W.W. Grainger an outperform vote.
W.W. Grainger pays an annual dividend of $8.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Adicet Bio pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. W.W. Grainger pays out 21.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Adicet Bio pays out -3.0% 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. W.W. Grainger has increased its dividend for 54 consecutive years. Adicet Bio is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
W.W. Grainger has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adicet Bio has a beta of 1.97, suggesting that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.
W.W. Grainger has a net margin of 11.12% compared to Adicet Bio's net margin of 0.00%. W.W. Grainger's return on equity of 52.43% beat Adicet Bio's return on equity.
Summary
W.W. Grainger beats Adicet Bio on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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