VMI vs. SNA, PNR, IEX, GGG, SWK, NDSN, ITT, WWD, LECO, and RBC
Should you be buying Valmont Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Valmont Industries include Snap-on (SNA), Pentair (PNR), IDEX (IEX), Graco (GGG), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), Nordson (NDSN), ITT (ITT), Woodward (WWD), Lincoln Electric (LECO), and RBC Bearings (RBC). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Valmont Industries vs.
Snap-on (NYSE:SNA) and Valmont Industries (NYSE:VMI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, community ranking and risk.
Snap-on has a net margin of 22.13% compared to Valmont Industries' net margin of 7.38%. Valmont Industries' return on equity of 23.10% beat Snap-on's return on equity.
Snap-on pays an annual dividend of $8.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Valmont Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Snap-on pays out 44.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Valmont Industries pays out 16.3% 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. Snap-on has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Snap-on is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Snap-on has higher revenue and earnings than Valmont Industries. Snap-on is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Valmont Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Snap-on has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Valmont Industries has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
84.9% of Snap-on shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of Valmont Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Snap-on shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Valmont Industries shares are held by 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.
Snap-on received 36 more outperform votes than Valmont Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.16% of users gave Valmont Industries an outperform vote while only 61.39% of users gave Snap-on an outperform vote.
Snap-on currently has a consensus target price of $345.40, indicating a potential downside of 0.80%. Valmont Industries has a consensus target price of $381.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.06%. Given Valmont Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Valmont Industries is more favorable than Snap-on.
In the previous week, Valmont Industries had 1 more articles in the media than Snap-on. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Valmont Industries and 6 mentions for Snap-on. Snap-on's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Valmont Industries' score of 0.59 indicating that Snap-on is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Snap-on beats Valmont Industries on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:VMI) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
