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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.

Do analysts recommend CSL or GE?

Carlisle Companies presently has a consensus price target of $476.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.86%. General Electric has a consensus price target of $201.47, indicating a potential upside of 10.20%. Given Carlisle Companies' higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88

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 1.0%. General Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Carlisle Companies pays out 14.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. General Electric pays out 19.7% 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.

Does the media refer more to CSL or GE?

In the previous week, General Electric had 12 more articles in the media than Carlisle Companies. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for General Electric and 16 mentions for Carlisle Companies. General Electric's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Carlisle Companies' score of 0.96 indicating that General Electric is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Carlisle Companies	11 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
General Electric	24 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CSL or GE more profitable?

Carlisle Companies has a net margin of 27.05% compared to General Electric's net margin of 11.48%. Carlisle Companies' return on equity of 33.29% beat General Electric's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Carlisle Companies	27.05%	33.29%	14.40%
General Electric	11.48%	18.93%	3.20%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of 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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of General Electric shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CSL or GE?

General Electric received 1682 more outperform votes than Carlisle Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.34% 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 2126 75.34%	Underperform Votes 696 24.66%

Which has more risk & volatility, CSL or GE?

Carlisle Companies has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General Electric has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, 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	$4.59B	3.96	$765.80M	$28.26	14.17
General Electric	$67.95B	2.91	$9.48B	$5.69	32.13

Summary

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