FELE vs. AYI, GNRC, ENPH, BDC, ENS, BRC, POWL, VICR, AMSC, and THR
Should you be buying Franklin Electric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Franklin Electric include Acuity Brands (AYI), Generac (GNRC), Enphase Energy (ENPH), Belden (BDC), EnerSys (ENS), Brady (BRC), Powell Industries (POWL), Vicor (VICR), American Superconductor (AMSC), and Thermon Group (THR). These companies are all part of the "electrical components & equipment" industry.
Franklin Electric vs.
Acuity Brands (NYSE:AYI) and Franklin Electric (NASDAQ:FELE) are both construction companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Acuity Brands had 10 more articles in the media than Franklin Electric. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Acuity Brands and 2 mentions for Franklin Electric. Franklin Electric's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Acuity Brands' score of 1.24 indicating that Franklin Electric is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
98.2% of Acuity Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Franklin Electric shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Acuity Brands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Franklin Electric shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Acuity Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Franklin Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Acuity Brands pays out 4.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franklin Electric pays out 25.3% 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. Franklin Electric has increased its dividend for 32 consecutive years. Franklin Electric is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Acuity Brands has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Electric has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Acuity Brands has a net margin of 11.11% compared to Franklin Electric's net margin of 9.22%. Acuity Brands' return on equity of 19.98% beat Franklin Electric's return on equity.
Acuity Brands received 418 more outperform votes than Franklin Electric when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.94% of users gave Acuity Brands an outperform vote while only 55.43% of users gave Franklin Electric an outperform vote.
Acuity Brands currently has a consensus target price of $341.40, suggesting a potential upside of 3.24%. Franklin Electric has a consensus target price of $101.67, suggesting a potential upside of 2.81%. Given Acuity Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Acuity Brands is more favorable than Franklin Electric.
Acuity Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Franklin Electric. Acuity Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franklin Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Acuity Brands beats Franklin Electric on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FELE) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
