John Bean Technologies (JBT) Competitors

Graco (NYSE:GGG) and John Bean Technologies (NYSE:JBT) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Do analysts recommend GGG or JBT?

Graco presently has a consensus price target of $92.40, suggesting a potential upside of 9.08%. John Bean Technologies has a consensus price target of $133.67, suggesting a potential upside of 7.12%. Given Graco's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Graco is more favorable than John Bean Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Graco	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
John Bean Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is GGG or JBT more profitable?

Graco has a net margin of 22.87% compared to John Bean Technologies' net margin of 10.25%. Graco's return on equity of 21.24% beat John Bean Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Graco	22.87%	21.24%	17.74%
John Bean Technologies	10.25%	10.16%	5.68%

Is GGG or JBT a better dividend stock?

Graco pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. John Bean Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Graco pays out 38.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. John Bean Technologies pays out 7.4% 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. Graco has increased its dividend for 28 consecutive years. Graco is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, GGG or JBT?

Graco has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Bean Technologies has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, GGG or JBT?

John Bean Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Graco. John Bean Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Graco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Graco	$2.13B	6.71	$506.51M	$2.83	29.93
John Bean Technologies	$1.69B	2.35	$582.60M	$5.39	23.15

Does the media prefer GGG or JBT?

In the previous week, John Bean Technologies had 4 more articles in the media than Graco. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for John Bean Technologies and 9 mentions for Graco. Graco's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat John Bean Technologies' score of 0.22 indicating that Graco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Graco	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
John Bean Technologies	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GGG or JBT?

Graco received 52 more outperform votes than John Bean Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.56% of users gave John Bean Technologies an outperform vote while only 60.69% of users gave Graco an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Graco	Outperform Votes 389 60.69%	Underperform Votes 252 39.31%
John Bean Technologies	Outperform Votes 337 64.56%	Underperform Votes 185 35.44%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in GGG or JBT?

93.9% of Graco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of John Bean Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Graco shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of John Bean Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Graco beats John Bean Technologies on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.