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Barnes Group (B) Competitors

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$46.82 +0.08 (+0.17%)
(As of 11/22/2024 ET)

B vs. DCI, FLS, GTLS, MIDD, WTS, VMI, TKR, KAI, MWA, and ESE

Should you be buying Barnes Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barnes Group include Donaldson (DCI), Flowserve (FLS), Chart Industries (GTLS), Middleby (MIDD), Watts Water Technologies (WTS), Valmont Industries (VMI), Timken (TKR), Kadant (KAI), Mueller Water Products (MWA), and ESCO Technologies (ESE). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.

Barnes Group vs.

Barnes Group (NYSE:B) and Donaldson (NYSE:DCI) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

Donaldson received 91 more outperform votes than Barnes Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.75% of users gave Donaldson an outperform vote while only 58.56% of users gave Barnes Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Barnes GroupOutperform Votes
383
58.56%
Underperform Votes
271
41.44%
DonaldsonOutperform Votes
474
64.75%
Underperform Votes
258
35.25%

90.8% of Barnes Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of Donaldson shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.2% of Barnes Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Donaldson 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.

Donaldson has a net margin of 11.54% compared to Barnes Group's net margin of -2.46%. Donaldson's return on equity of 29.47% beat Barnes Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Barnes Group-2.46% 4.84% 2.01%
Donaldson 11.54%29.47%14.78%

Donaldson has higher revenue and earnings than Barnes Group. Barnes Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Donaldson, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Barnes Group$1.45B1.64$16M-$0.77-60.80
Donaldson$3.59B2.59$414M$3.3822.91

Barnes Group currently has a consensus target price of $47.67, suggesting a potential upside of 1.81%. Donaldson has a consensus target price of $69.67, suggesting a potential downside of 10.04%. Given Barnes Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Barnes Group is more favorable than Donaldson.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Barnes Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Donaldson
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Barnes Group has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Donaldson has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Donaldson had 2 more articles in the media than Barnes Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Donaldson and 5 mentions for Barnes Group. Donaldson's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Barnes Group's score of 0.62 indicating that Donaldson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Barnes Group
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Donaldson
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Barnes Group pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Donaldson pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Barnes Group pays out -83.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Donaldson pays out 32.0% 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. Donaldson has increased its dividend for 38 consecutive years. Donaldson is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Donaldson beats Barnes Group on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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B vs. The Competition

MetricBarnes Groupfabricated metal products IndustryIndustrial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.39B$9.98B$10.15B$20.14B
Dividend Yield1.37%1.46%2.03%3.50%
P/E Ratio-60.8017.6623.1244.57
Price / Sales1.641.875.9517.74
Price / Cash11.8230.1120.3021.28
Price / Book1.832.624.224.71
Net Income$16M$340.85M$415.30M$986.85M
7 Day Performance0.30%0.73%2.31%3.76%
1 Month Performance0.32%-0.60%6.00%4.65%
1 Year Performance79.11%98.63%32.41%27.72%

Barnes Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
B
Barnes Group
1.9107 of 5 stars
$46.82
+0.2%
$47.67
+1.8%
+79.1%$2.39B$1.45B-60.806,500
DCI
Donaldson
4.1241 of 5 stars
$76.01
+1.1%
$69.67
-8.3%
+28.7%$9.10B$3.59B22.4914,000Dividend Announcement
Positive News
FLS
Flowserve
3.945 of 5 stars
$60.06
+0.3%
$60.10
+0.1%
+60.8%$7.89B$4.32B29.7816,000Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Up
GTLS
Chart Industries
3.2238 of 5 stars
$176.30
+4.5%
$178.82
+1.4%
+38.5%$7.55B$3.35B51.1011,637Positive News
MIDD
Middleby
3.5289 of 5 stars
$138.66
+2.2%
$154.67
+11.5%
+14.8%$7.46B$4.04B19.1310,722Positive News
WTS
Watts Water Technologies
4.1031 of 5 stars
$211.27
+2.3%
$200.25
-5.2%
+10.4%$7.04B$2.06B24.765,100
VMI
Valmont Industries
3.9041 of 5 stars
$338.74
-0.4%
$370.00
+9.2%
+62.7%$6.78B$4.17B23.0111,125Insider Trade
News Coverage
Positive News
TKR
Timken
4.9362 of 5 stars
$75.22
+1.7%
$90.00
+19.6%
+3.9%$5.27B$4.77B15.6419,000Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
KAI
Kadant
1.162 of 5 stars
$408.42
+4.0%
$330.00
-19.2%
+59.8%$4.79B$957.67M41.803,100Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
MWA
Mueller Water Products
4.3297 of 5 stars
$24.97
+0.6%
$22.20
-11.1%
+90.5%$3.89B$1.31B33.993,200Insider Trade
Positive News
ESE
ESCO Technologies
1.8136 of 5 stars
$148.70
+1.2%
$147.50
-0.8%
+41.9%$3.83B$1.03B37.743,195Dividend Announcement

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