Flowserve (FLS) Competitors $55.29 +1.30 (+2.41%) Closing price 07/3/2025 03:30 PM EasternExtended Trading$55.32 +0.02 (+0.05%) As of 07/3/2025 04:44 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 mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends and valuation. 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 increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Applied Industrial Technologies has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years. Which has more volatility and risk, FLS or AIT? Flowserve has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Applied Industrial Technologies has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. 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 analysts prefer FLS or AIT? Flowserve presently has a consensus price target of $63.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.94%. Applied Industrial Technologies has a consensus price target of $285.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.10%. Given Applied Industrial Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Applied Industrial Technologies is more favorable than Flowserve.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 Does the media refer more to FLS or AIT? In the previous week, Flowserve and Flowserve both had 5 articles in the media. Flowserve's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Applied Industrial Technologies' score of 1.12 indicating that Flowserve is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Flowserve 3 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Applied Industrial Technologies 4 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has better earnings & valuation, FLS or AIT? Applied Industrial Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Flowserve. Applied Industrial Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flowserve, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioFlowserve$4.56B1.59$282.76M$2.1425.84Applied Industrial Technologies$4.48B2.09$385.76M$9.9624.65 Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FLS or AIT? 93.9% of Flowserve shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Flowserve shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. SummaryApplied Industrial Technologies beats Flowserve on 10 of the 18 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$7.06B$13.00B$7.52B$20.55BDividend Yield1.56%23.76%4.55%3.75%P/E Ratio25.8430.0724.9528.05Price / Sales1.595.43116.1645.87Price / Cash16.3316.4027.3522.31Price / Book3.543.864.354.59Net Income$282.76M$521.16M$791.63M$985.44M7 Day Performance2.85%3.18%2.37%2.78%1 Month Performance16.82%9.05%5.68%5.40%1 Year Performance16.33%36.87%32.63%14.61% Flowserve Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)FLSFlowserve3.4932 of 5 stars$55.29+2.4%$63.00+13.9%+16.3%$7.06B$4.56B25.8416,000Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumeAITApplied Industrial Technologies4.6475 of 5 stars$232.65+0.4%$285.00+22.5%+28.3%$8.86B$4.48B23.366,500Positive NewsCRCrane3.1421 of 5 stars$189.70+0.7%$197.75+4.2%+33.5%$10.91B$2.18B25.1311,000DOVDover4.937 of 5 stars$183.34+0.0%$208.58+13.8%+5.8%$25.14B$7.75B11.0425,000Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionEMREmerson Electric4.474 of 5 stars$133.45+0.2%$136.47+2.3%+25.3%$75.07B$17.49B31.9385,500Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastGGGGraco3.6819 of 5 stars$86.03-0.1%$93.00+8.1%+12.3%$14.38B$2.11B30.404,300News CoverageAnalyst RevisionGHMGraham4.2114 of 5 stars$49.62-1.9%$55.00+10.8%+88.1%$543.34M$209.90M44.70490Analyst UpgradeHigh Trading VolumeIRIngersoll Rand3.9974 of 5 stars$83.28-1.2%$97.80+17.4%-4.4%$33.60B$7.24B41.2317,000News CoveragePositive NewsAnalyst ForecastITTITT4.1458 of 5 stars$156.93-0.6%$165.50+5.5%+26.2%$12.35B$3.63B24.9511,700Analyst RevisionPHParker-Hannifin4.5246 of 5 stars$698.99-0.2%$719.71+3.0%+40.4%$89.32B$19.79B26.9255,100Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastPNRPentair4.669 of 5 stars$102.70-0.8%$107.14+4.3%+43.1%$16.90B$4.08B26.549,750Positive News 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 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersWhite House to reset Social Security?Elon Musk's parting DOGE gift looks set to shock America... 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