GTES vs. AVNT, DOV, EVR, HWM, IR, ITT, PH, SF, TKR, and MPTI
Should you be buying Gates Industrial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gates Industrial include Avient (AVNT), Dover (DOV), Evercore (EVR), Howmet Aerospace (HWM), Ingersoll Rand (IR), ITT (ITT), Parker-Hannifin (PH), Stifel Financial (SF), Timken (TKR), and M-tron Industries (MPTI).
Gates Industrial vs. Its Competitors
Avient (NYSE:AVNT) and Gates Industrial (NYSE:GTES) are related mid-cap companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.
In the previous week, Gates Industrial had 3 more articles in the media than Avient. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Gates Industrial and 2 mentions for Avient. Gates Industrial's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Avient's score of 0.84 indicating that Gates Industrial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
95.5% of Avient shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of Gates Industrial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Avient shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Gates Industrial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Gates Industrial has higher revenue and earnings than Avient. Gates Industrial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avient, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gates Industrial has a net margin of 6.39% compared to Avient's net margin of 3.09%. Avient's return on equity of 10.48% beat Gates Industrial's return on equity.
Avient has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gates Industrial has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Avient presently has a consensus target price of $46.80, indicating a potential upside of 41.22%. Gates Industrial has a consensus target price of $23.22, indicating a potential downside of 2.02%. Given Avient's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Avient is more favorable than Gates Industrial.
Summary
Gates Industrial beats Avient on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GTES and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
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.
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This page (NYSE:GTES) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
