AYI vs. ROK, GNRC, ENPH, BDC, FELE, ENS, BRC, POWL, VICR, and AMSC
Should you be buying Acuity Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Acuity Brands include Rockwell Automation (ROK), Generac (GNRC), Enphase Energy (ENPH), Belden (BDC), Franklin Electric (FELE), EnerSys (ENS), Brady (BRC), Powell Industries (POWL), Vicor (VICR), and American Superconductor (AMSC). These companies are all part of the "electrical components & equipment" industry.
Acuity Brands vs.
Acuity Brands (NYSE:AYI) and Rockwell Automation (NYSE:ROK) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, earnings and profitability.
Rockwell Automation has higher revenue and earnings than Acuity Brands. Acuity Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rockwell Automation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Acuity Brands has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rockwell Automation has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Rockwell Automation has a net margin of 11.53% compared to Acuity Brands' net margin of 11.11%. Rockwell Automation's return on equity of 30.42% beat Acuity Brands' return on equity.
Acuity Brands currently has a consensus target price of $341.40, indicating a potential upside of 2.71%. Rockwell Automation has a consensus target price of $304.16, indicating a potential upside of 9.33%. Given Rockwell Automation's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Rockwell Automation is more favorable than Acuity Brands.
Acuity Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Rockwell Automation pays an annual dividend of $5.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Acuity Brands pays out 5.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rockwell Automation pays out 63.3% 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. Rockwell Automation has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Rockwell Automation is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Acuity Brands received 88 more outperform votes than Rockwell Automation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.94% of users gave Acuity Brands an outperform vote while only 55.15% of users gave Rockwell Automation an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Rockwell Automation had 11 more articles in the media than Acuity Brands. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Rockwell Automation and 12 mentions for Acuity Brands. Rockwell Automation's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Acuity Brands' score of 0.49 indicating that Rockwell Automation is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
98.2% of Acuity Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.8% of Rockwell Automation shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Acuity Brands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Rockwell Automation shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Rockwell Automation beats Acuity Brands on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AYI) was last updated on 2/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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