Carlisle Companies (CSL) Competitors

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

Is CSL or GE a better dividend stock?

Carlisle Companies pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. General Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Carlisle Companies pays out 14.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. General Electric pays out 24.0% 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. Carlisle Companies has increased 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.

Does the media favor CSL or GE?

In the previous week, General Electric had 37 more articles in the media than Carlisle Companies. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for General Electric and 15 mentions for Carlisle Companies. Carlisle Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat General Electric's score of 1.27 indicating that Carlisle Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Carlisle Companies	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
General Electric	40 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CSL or GE?

General Electric received 1689 more outperform votes than Carlisle Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.40% of users gave General Electric an outperform vote while only 67.27% of users gave Carlisle Companies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Carlisle Companies	Outperform Votes 444 67.27%	Underperform Votes 216 32.73%
General Electric	Outperform Votes 2133 75.40%	Underperform Votes 696 24.60%

Do analysts rate CSL or GE?

Carlisle Companies presently has a consensus price target of $476.00, suggesting a potential upside of 42.31%. General Electric has a consensus price target of $211.31, suggesting a potential upside of 5.71%. Given Carlisle Companies' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Carlisle Companies is more favorable than General Electric.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Carlisle Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
General Electric	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88

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

89.5% of Carlisle Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.8% of General Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Carlisle Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of General Electric shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, CSL or GE?

Carlisle Companies has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General Electric has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CSL or GE 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
Carlisle Companies	26.22%	34.37%	14.85%
General Electric	14.31%	22.19%	3.66%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, CSL or GE?

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
Carlisle Companies	$5.00B	2.98	$1.31B	$27.63	12.11
General Electric	$38.70B	5.54	$6.56B	$5.99	33.37

Summary

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