PNR vs. GGG, SWK, CNHI, LECO, AOS, AMCR, NDSN, TTEK, PKG, and ALLE
Should you be buying Pentair stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pentair include Graco (GGG), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), CNH Industrial (CNHI), Lincoln Electric (LECO), A. O. Smith (AOS), Amcor (AMCR), Nordson (NDSN), Tetra Tech (TTEK), Packaging Co. of America (PKG), and Allegion (ALLE). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Pentair (NYSE:PNR) and Graco (NYSE:GGG) are both large-cap industrial products 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.
92.4% of Pentair shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Graco shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Pentair shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Graco shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Pentair has higher revenue and earnings than Graco. Pentair is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Graco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pentair received 242 more outperform votes than Graco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.86% of users gave Graco an outperform vote while only 56.50% of users gave Pentair an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Graco had 11 more articles in the media than Pentair. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Graco and 7 mentions for Pentair. Pentair's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Graco's score of 0.59 indicating that Pentair is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pentair has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Graco has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pentair currently has a consensus target price of $89.93, indicating a potential upside of 7.13%. Graco has a consensus target price of $88.25, indicating a potential upside of 6.30%. Given Pentair's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Pentair is more favorable than Graco.
Pentair pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Graco pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Pentair pays out 24.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Graco pays out 35.2% 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 a net margin of 23.15% compared to Pentair's net margin of 15.30%. Graco's return on equity of 23.01% beat Pentair's return on equity.
Summary
Pentair and Graco tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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