ESE vs. SWK, NDSN, ITT, WWD, LECO, RBC, MLI, CR, GTLS, and DCI
Should you be buying ESCO Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ESCO Technologies include Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), Nordson (NDSN), ITT (ITT), Woodward (WWD), Lincoln Electric (LECO), RBC Bearings (RBC), Mueller Industries (MLI), Crane (CR), Chart Industries (GTLS), and Donaldson (DCI). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
ESCO Technologies vs.
Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE:SWK) and ESCO Technologies (NYSE:ESE) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.
Stanley Black & Decker received 138 more outperform votes than ESCO Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.98% of users gave ESCO Technologies an outperform vote while only 58.73% of users gave Stanley Black & Decker an outperform vote.
Stanley Black & Decker has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ESCO Technologies has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
87.8% of Stanley Black & Decker shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of ESCO Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Stanley Black & Decker shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of ESCO Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Stanley Black & Decker pays an annual dividend of $3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. ESCO Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Stanley Black & Decker pays out -239.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ESCO Technologies pays out 8.1% 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. Stanley Black & Decker has raised its dividend for 58 consecutive years. Stanley Black & Decker is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
ESCO Technologies has a net margin of 9.92% compared to Stanley Black & Decker's net margin of -1.33%. ESCO Technologies' return on equity of 9.09% beat Stanley Black & Decker's return on equity.
ESCO Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Stanley Black & Decker. Stanley Black & Decker is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ESCO Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Stanley Black & Decker currently has a consensus target price of $101.25, suggesting a potential upside of 17.29%. ESCO Technologies has a consensus target price of $147.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.64%. Given Stanley Black & Decker's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Stanley Black & Decker is more favorable than ESCO Technologies.
In the previous week, Stanley Black & Decker had 12 more articles in the media than ESCO Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Stanley Black & Decker and 2 mentions for ESCO Technologies. Stanley Black & Decker's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat ESCO Technologies' score of 0.51 indicating that Stanley Black & Decker is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
ESCO Technologies beats Stanley Black & Decker on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ESE) was last updated on 1/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
