AYI vs. ROK, ENPH, GNRC, FELE, BDC, ENS, BRC, VICR, POWL, and THR
Should you be buying Acuity Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Acuity Brands include Rockwell Automation (ROK), Enphase Energy (ENPH), Generac (GNRC), Franklin Electric (FELE), Belden (BDC), EnerSys (ENS), Brady (BRC), Vicor (VICR), Powell Industries (POWL), and Thermon Group (THR). 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 construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.
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 65.3% 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.
98.2% of Acuity Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.8% of Rockwell Automation shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Acuity Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Rockwell Automation shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Rockwell Automation had 25 more articles in the media than Acuity Brands. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Rockwell Automation and 15 mentions for Acuity Brands. Acuity Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Rockwell Automation's score of 0.78 indicating that Acuity Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Acuity Brands currently has a consensus target price of $341.40, suggesting a potential upside of 20.00%. Rockwell Automation has a consensus target price of $307.55, suggesting a potential upside of 10.55%. Given Acuity Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Acuity Brands is more favorable than Rockwell Automation.
Acuity Brands has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rockwell Automation has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Rockwell Automation has a net margin of 11.38% compared to Acuity Brands' net margin of 11.11%. Rockwell Automation's return on equity of 30.17% beat Acuity Brands' return on equity.
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 received 86 more outperform votes than Rockwell Automation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.03% of users gave Acuity Brands an outperform vote while only 55.16% of users gave Rockwell Automation an outperform vote.
Summary
Acuity Brands beats Rockwell Automation on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AYI) was last updated on 3/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
