Barnes Group (B) Competitors

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

Is B or RBC a better dividend stock?

Barnes Group pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. RBC Bearings pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Barnes Group pays out -83.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RBC Bearings pays out 19.3% 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. Barnes Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in B or RBC?

90.8% of Barnes Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.2% of Barnes Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of RBC Bearings shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is B or RBC more profitable?

RBC Bearings has a net margin of 14.06% compared to Barnes Group's net margin of -2.46%. RBC Bearings' return on equity of 9.88% beat Barnes Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Barnes Group	-2.46%	4.84%	2.01%
RBC Bearings	14.06%	9.88%	5.86%

Do analysts prefer B or RBC?

Barnes Group presently has a consensus price target of $47.67, suggesting a potential upside of 1.12%. RBC Bearings has a consensus price target of $324.67, suggesting a potential upside of 6.58%. Given RBC Bearings' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe RBC Bearings is more favorable than Barnes Group.

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
RBC Bearings	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more risk and volatility, B or RBC?

Barnes Group has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RBC Bearings has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in B or RBC?

Barnes Group received 140 more outperform votes than RBC Bearings when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.21% of users gave Barnes Group an outperform vote while only 55.48% of users gave RBC Bearings an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Barnes Group	Outperform Votes 383 58.21%	Underperform Votes 275 41.79%
RBC Bearings	Outperform Votes 243 55.48%	Underperform Votes 195 44.52%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, B or RBC?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Barnes Group	$1.62B	1.49	$16M	-$0.77	-61.22
RBC Bearings	$1.59B	6.01	$209.90M	$6.85	44.47

Does the media refer more to B or RBC?

In the previous week, Barnes Group had 1 more articles in the media than RBC Bearings. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Barnes Group and 3 mentions for RBC Bearings. RBC Bearings' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Barnes Group's score of 0.52 indicating that RBC Bearings is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Barnes Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
RBC Bearings	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

RBC Bearings beats Barnes Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.