BDC vs. ENS, ALRM, KAI, TEX, ATS, HI, UNF, REZI, GEF, and JBT
Should you be buying Belden stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Belden include EnerSys (ENS), Alarm.com (ALRM), Kadant (KAI), Terex (TEX), ATS (ATS), Hillenbrand (HI), UniFirst (UNF), Resideo Technologies (REZI), Greif (GEF), and John Bean Technologies (JBT). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
EnerSys (NYSE:ENS) and Belden (NYSE:BDC) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Belden had 1 more articles in the media than EnerSys. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Belden and 9 mentions for EnerSys. Belden's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat EnerSys' score of 0.82 indicating that EnerSys is being referred to more favorably in the media.
EnerSys has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Belden has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Belden has lower revenue, but higher earnings than EnerSys. EnerSys is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Belden, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
94.9% of EnerSys shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Belden shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of EnerSys shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Belden shares are held by company 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.
EnerSys pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Belden pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. EnerSys pays out 13.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Belden pays out 3.9% 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. EnerSys has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. EnerSys is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Belden received 50 more outperform votes than EnerSys when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.33% of users gave EnerSys an outperform vote while only 65.53% of users gave Belden an outperform vote.
EnerSys currently has a consensus target price of $126.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.75%. Belden has a consensus target price of $104.40, suggesting a potential upside of 11.66%. Given Belden's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe EnerSys is more favorable than Belden.
Belden has a net margin of 9.01% compared to Belden's net margin of 7.49%. EnerSys' return on equity of 23.11% beat Belden's return on equity.
Summary
Belden beats EnerSys on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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