Flowserve (FLS) Competitors $54.38 -0.36 (-0.66%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$55.22 +0.84 (+1.54%) As of 07:31 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock FLS vs. AIT, CR, DOV, EMR, GGG, GHM, IR, ITT, PH, and PNRShould you be buying Flowserve stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Flowserve include Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), Crane (CR), Dover (DOV), Emerson Electric (EMR), Graco (GGG), Graham (GHM), Ingersoll Rand (IR), ITT (ITT), Parker-Hannifin (PH), and Pentair (PNR). Flowserve vs. Its Competitors Applied Industrial Technologies Crane Dover Emerson Electric Graco Graham Ingersoll Rand ITT Parker-Hannifin Pentair Flowserve (NYSE:FLS) and Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE:AIT) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations. Does the media prefer FLS or AIT? In the previous week, Flowserve had 1 more articles in the media than Applied Industrial Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Flowserve and 11 mentions for Applied Industrial Technologies. Applied Industrial Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Flowserve's score of 1.02 indicating that Applied Industrial Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Flowserve 8 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Applied Industrial Technologies 8 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Is FLS or AIT a better dividend stock? Flowserve pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Applied Industrial Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Flowserve pays out 39.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Applied Industrial Technologies pays out 18.5% 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. Flowserve has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Applied Industrial Technologies has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years. Which has better earnings and valuation, FLS or AIT? Applied Industrial Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Flowserve. Flowserve is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Applied Industrial Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioFlowserve$4.56B1.56$282.76M$2.1425.41Applied Industrial Technologies$4.48B2.28$385.76M$9.9626.92 Do analysts prefer FLS or AIT? Flowserve presently has a consensus price target of $64.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.70%. Applied Industrial Technologies has a consensus price target of $285.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.29%. Given Flowserve's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Flowserve is more favorable than Applied Industrial Technologies.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Flowserve 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 8 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00Applied Industrial Technologies 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 7 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Is FLS or AIT more profitable? Applied Industrial Technologies has a net margin of 8.64% compared to Flowserve's net margin of 6.12%. Applied Industrial Technologies' return on equity of 22.01% beat Flowserve's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Flowserve6.12% 17.68% 6.85% Applied Industrial Technologies 8.64%22.01%12.83% Do insiders & institutionals believe in FLS or AIT? 93.9% of Flowserve shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Flowserve shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has more volatility & risk, FLS or AIT? Flowserve has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Applied Industrial Technologies has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryApplied Industrial Technologies beats Flowserve on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Flowserve News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for FLS and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FLS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart FLS vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricFlowserveMACH IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$7.16B$13.04B$7.75B$21.15BDividend Yield1.53%23.74%4.54%3.58%P/E Ratio25.4130.3025.5927.76Price / Sales1.564.94101.9258.69Price / Cash16.5616.7127.9723.00Price / Book3.483.914.484.67Net Income$282.76M$520.95M$795.63M$993.85M7 Day Performance-0.86%1.08%1.48%1.16%1 Month Performance13.69%7.48%6.63%4.99%1 Year Performance9.89%29.71%31.66%12.54% Flowserve Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)FLSFlowserve4.0854 of 5 stars$54.38-0.7%$64.00+17.7%+7.9%$7.16B$4.56B25.4116,000News CoveragePositive NewsUpcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionAITApplied Industrial Technologies4.0388 of 5 stars$259.98-0.3%$285.00+9.6%+27.3%$9.90B$4.48B26.106,500Positive NewsCRCrane3.9471 of 5 stars$186.89-1.2%$207.50+11.0%+20.1%$10.75B$2.18B24.7511,000Trending NewsUpcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastDOVDover4.8204 of 5 stars$186.99-0.7%$208.58+11.5%+5.9%$25.64B$7.73B11.2624,000Trending NewsEarnings ReportGap UpEMREmerson Electric4.6994 of 5 stars$142.92-0.9%$142.28-0.4%+24.8%$80.39B$17.49B34.1973,000Positive NewsGGGGraco4.0132 of 5 stars$86.25-0.6%$93.00+7.8%+6.3%$14.42B$2.15B30.484,300Trending NewsEarnings ReportEx-DividendGHMGraham4.4308 of 5 stars$51.93+1.1%$60.00+15.5%+65.5%$570.19M$209.90M46.78490IRIngersoll Rand4.2852 of 5 stars$83.95-1.9%$100.92+20.2%-13.3%$33.87B$7.28B41.5621,000Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsDividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastITTITT4.4907 of 5 stars$156.80-1.5%$173.25+10.5%+12.8%$12.34B$3.63B24.9311,700Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastPHParker-Hannifin4.2893 of 5 stars$711.82-1.5%$739.59+3.9%+32.1%$90.96B$19.93B27.4161,120Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastPNRPentair4.8051 of 5 stars$105.01-1.0%$111.00+5.7%+18.9%$17.28B$4.08B27.139,750Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastAnalyst Revision Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Applied Industrial Technologies Competitors Crane Competitors Dover Competitors Emerson Electric Competitors Graco Competitors Graham Competitors Ingersoll Rand Competitors ITT Competitors Parker-Hannifin Competitors Pentair Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:FLS) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon Just Fired the IRS Agents Targeting Your SavingsElon Musk just fired 6,700 IRS agents — and exposed a war on your retirement. 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