SWK vs. IR, XYL, DOV, SNA, PNR, IEX, GGG, NDSN, ITT, and LECO
Should you be buying Stanley Black & Decker stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stanley Black & Decker include Ingersoll Rand (IR), Xylem (XYL), Dover (DOV), Snap-on (SNA), Pentair (PNR), IDEX (IEX), Graco (GGG), Nordson (NDSN), ITT (ITT), and Lincoln Electric (LECO). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Stanley Black & Decker vs.
Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR) and Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE:SWK) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.
In the previous week, Stanley Black & Decker had 6 more articles in the media than Ingersoll Rand. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Stanley Black & Decker and 10 mentions for Ingersoll Rand. Stanley Black & Decker's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Ingersoll Rand's score of 0.41 indicating that Stanley Black & Decker is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ingersoll Rand received 171 more outperform votes than Stanley Black & Decker when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.49% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 58.81% of users gave Stanley Black & Decker an outperform vote.
Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Stanley Black & Decker pays an annual dividend of $3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Ingersoll Rand pays out 3.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stanley Black & Decker pays out -239.4% 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. Stanley Black & Decker has increased its dividend for 58 consecutive years. Stanley Black & Decker is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Ingersoll Rand has a net margin of 11.72% compared to Stanley Black & Decker's net margin of -1.33%. Ingersoll Rand's return on equity of 13.01% beat Stanley Black & Decker's return on equity.
Ingersoll Rand currently has a consensus target price of $103.83, suggesting a potential upside of 0.69%. Stanley Black & Decker has a consensus target price of $102.29, suggesting a potential upside of 19.74%. Given Stanley Black & Decker's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Stanley Black & Decker is more favorable than Ingersoll Rand.
95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of Stanley Black & Decker shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Stanley Black & Decker shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ingersoll Rand has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Stanley Black & Decker. Stanley Black & Decker is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ingersoll Rand, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stanley Black & Decker has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Ingersoll Rand beats Stanley Black & Decker on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SWK) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
