VMI vs. SNA, PNR, IEX, GGG, SWK, NDSN, LECO, ITT, RBC, and WWD
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), Lincoln Electric (LECO), ITT (ITT), RBC Bearings (RBC), and Woodward (WWD). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Valmont Industries vs.
Valmont Industries (NYSE:VMI) and Snap-on (NYSE:SNA) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Snap-on received 35 more outperform votes than Valmont Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.25% of users gave Valmont Industries an outperform vote while only 61.51% of users gave Snap-on an outperform vote.
Valmont Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Snap-on pays an annual dividend of $8.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Valmont Industries pays out 15.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Snap-on pays out 43.9% 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.
Valmont Industries has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Snap-on has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Valmont Industries presently has a consensus price target of $402.50, indicating a potential upside of 14.93%. Snap-on has a consensus price target of $345.40, indicating a potential upside of 3.05%. Given Valmont Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Valmont Industries is more favorable than Snap-on.
Snap-on has a net margin of 21.71% compared to Valmont Industries' net margin of 8.55%. Valmont Industries' return on equity of 23.15% beat Snap-on's return on equity.
87.8% of Valmont Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.9% of Snap-on shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Valmont Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Snap-on shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Valmont Industries had 29 more articles in the media than Snap-on. MarketBeat recorded 55 mentions for Valmont Industries and 26 mentions for Snap-on. Snap-on's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Valmont Industries' score of 0.62 indicating that Snap-on is being referred to more favorably in the news 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 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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