DCI vs. XYL, DOV, SNA, PNR, GGG, IEX, SWK, NDSN, WWD, and ITT
Should you be buying Donaldson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Donaldson include Xylem (XYL), Dover (DOV), Snap-on (SNA), Pentair (PNR), Graco (GGG), IDEX (IEX), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), Nordson (NDSN), Woodward (WWD), and ITT (ITT). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Donaldson vs.
Xylem (NYSE:XYL) and Donaldson (NYSE:DCI) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
Xylem received 48 more outperform votes than Donaldson when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.05% of users gave Donaldson an outperform vote while only 63.25% of users gave Xylem an outperform vote.
Donaldson has a net margin of 11.56% compared to Xylem's net margin of 10.40%. Donaldson's return on equity of 29.07% beat Xylem's return on equity.
Xylem has higher revenue and earnings than Donaldson. Donaldson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Xylem, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
88.0% of Xylem shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of Donaldson shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Xylem shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Donaldson 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.
In the previous week, Xylem had 1 more articles in the media than Donaldson. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Xylem and 13 mentions for Donaldson. Xylem's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Donaldson's score of 1.31 indicating that Xylem is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Xylem pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Donaldson pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Xylem pays out 43.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Donaldson pays out 31.6% 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. Donaldson has increased its dividend for 38 consecutive years. Donaldson is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Xylem currently has a consensus price target of $149.89, suggesting a potential upside of 22.67%. Donaldson has a consensus price target of $74.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.53%. Given Xylem's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Xylem is more favorable than Donaldson.
Xylem has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Donaldson has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Xylem beats Donaldson on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:DCI) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
