MMM vs. MKL, CSL, HON, DHR, ITT, IEP, FSS, IAC, GFF, and WOR
Should you be buying 3M stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of 3M include Markel Group (MKL), Carlisle Companies (CSL), Honeywell International (HON), Danaher (DHR), ITT (ITT), Icahn Enterprises (IEP), Federal Signal (FSS), IAC (IAC), Griffon (GFF), and Worthington Enterprises (WOR). These companies are all part of the "multi-sector conglomerates" sector.
3M (NYSE:MMM) and Markel Group (NYSE:MKL) are both large-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
Markel Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than 3M. 3M is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Markel Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, 3M had 27 more articles in the media than Markel Group. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for 3M and 10 mentions for Markel Group. Markel Group's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat 3M's score of 0.37 indicating that Markel Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
3M has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Markel Group has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Markel Group has a net margin of 15.23% compared to 3M's net margin of -21.57%. 3M's return on equity of 95.80% beat Markel Group's return on equity.
65.3% of 3M shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of Markel Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of 3M shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Markel Group shares are held by company 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.
3M currently has a consensus target price of $107.55, indicating a potential upside of 2.17%. Markel Group has a consensus target price of $1,520.00, indicating a potential downside of 8.61%. Given 3M's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe 3M is more favorable than Markel Group.
3M received 591 more outperform votes than Markel Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.04% of users gave Markel Group an outperform vote while only 59.45% of users gave 3M an outperform vote.
Summary
3M beats Markel Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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