Carlisle Companies (CSL) Competitors

General Electric (NYSE:GE) and Carlisle Companies (NYSE:CSL) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, GE or CSL?

General Electric has higher revenue and earnings than Carlisle Companies. Carlisle Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than General Electric, 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
General Electric	$38.70B	5.16	$6.56B	$5.99	31.03
Carlisle Companies	$5.00B	3.14	$1.31B	$27.63	12.89

Do analysts rate GE or CSL?

General Electric presently has a consensus target price of $212.73, suggesting a potential upside of 14.44%. Carlisle Companies has a consensus target price of $476.00, suggesting a potential upside of 33.69%. Given Carlisle Companies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Carlisle Companies is more favorable than General Electric.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
General Electric	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Carlisle Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is GE or CSL more profitable?

Carlisle Companies has a net margin of 26.22% compared to General Electric's net margin of 14.31%. Carlisle Companies' return on equity of 34.37% beat General Electric's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
General Electric	14.31%	22.19%	3.66%
Carlisle Companies	26.22%	34.37%	14.85%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in GE or CSL?

74.8% of General Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.5% of Carlisle Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of General Electric shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Carlisle Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to GE or CSL?

In the previous week, General Electric had 27 more articles in the media than Carlisle Companies. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for General Electric and 22 mentions for Carlisle Companies. Carlisle Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat General Electric's score of 1.12 indicating that Carlisle Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
General Electric	29 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Carlisle Companies	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GE or CSL?

General Electric received 1692 more outperform votes than Carlisle Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.42% of users gave General Electric an outperform vote while only 67.17% of users gave Carlisle Companies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
General Electric	Outperform Votes 2136 75.42%	Underperform Votes 696 24.58%
Carlisle Companies	Outperform Votes 444 67.17%	Underperform Votes 217 32.83%

Which has more volatility & risk, GE or CSL?

General Electric has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carlisle Companies has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GE or CSL a better dividend stock?

General Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Carlisle Companies pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. General Electric pays out 24.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Carlisle Companies pays out 14.5% 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. Carlisle Companies has raised its dividend for 48 consecutive years. Carlisle Companies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Carlisle Companies beats General Electric on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.