IAC vs. FSS, GFF, WOR, BATRA, IEP, VGR, FBYD, ITT, SPLP, and LXU
Should you be buying IAC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IAC include Federal Signal (FSS), Griffon (GFF), Worthington Enterprises (WOR), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), Icahn Enterprises (IEP), Vector Group (VGR), Falcon's Beyond Global (FBYD), ITT (ITT), Steel Partners (SPLP), and LSB Industries (LXU). These companies are all part of the "multi-sector conglomerates" sector.
Federal Signal (NYSE:FSS) and IAC (NASDAQ:IAC) are both mid-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
IAC received 754 more outperform votes than Federal Signal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.24% of users gave IAC an outperform vote while only 58.40% of users gave Federal Signal an outperform vote.
In the previous week, IAC had 12 more articles in the media than Federal Signal. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for IAC and 7 mentions for Federal Signal. IAC's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Federal Signal's score of 0.69 indicating that Federal Signal is being referred to more favorably in the media.
IAC has higher revenue and earnings than Federal Signal. IAC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Federal Signal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
92.7% of Federal Signal shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.9% of IAC shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Federal Signal shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.6% of IAC shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Federal Signal presently has a consensus price target of $70.50, suggesting a potential downside of 18.37%. IAC has a consensus price target of $79.92, suggesting a potential upside of 44.86%. Given Federal Signal's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe IAC is more favorable than Federal Signal.
Federal Signal has a net margin of 10.31% compared to Federal Signal's net margin of -2.54%. IAC's return on equity of 17.36% beat Federal Signal's return on equity.
Federal Signal has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IAC has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Federal Signal beats IAC on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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