FLS vs. XYL, DOV, SNA, PNR, IEX, GGG, SWK, NDSN, LECO, and ITT
Should you be buying Flowserve stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Flowserve include Xylem (XYL), Dover (DOV), Snap-on (SNA), Pentair (PNR), IDEX (IEX), Graco (GGG), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), Nordson (NDSN), Lincoln Electric (LECO), and ITT (ITT). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Flowserve vs.
Xylem (NYSE:XYL) and Flowserve (NYSE:FLS) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
Xylem has higher revenue and earnings than Flowserve. Flowserve 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 held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Flowserve shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Xylem shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Flowserve shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Flowserve received 70 more outperform votes than Xylem when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.17% of users gave Flowserve an outperform vote while only 63.25% of users gave Xylem an outperform vote.
Xylem has a net margin of 10.40% compared to Flowserve's net margin of 6.20%. Flowserve's return on equity of 17.08% beat Xylem's return on equity.
In the previous week, Flowserve had 21 more articles in the media than Xylem. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Flowserve and 17 mentions for Xylem. Xylem's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Flowserve's score of 0.39 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%. Flowserve pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Xylem pays out 43.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Flowserve pays out 39.3% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Xylem has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flowserve has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Xylem currently has a consensus target price of $149.90, suggesting a potential upside of 17.74%. Flowserve has a consensus target price of $68.60, suggesting a potential upside of 23.87%. Given Flowserve's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Flowserve is more favorable than Xylem.
Summary
Flowserve beats Xylem on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:FLS) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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