Valmont Industries (VMI) Competitors

Snap-on (NYSE:SNA) and Valmont Industries (NYSE:VMI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking and dividends.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, SNA or VMI?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Snap-on	$4.71B	3.66	$1.04B	$19.50	16.88
Valmont Industries	$4.08B	1.43	$143.48M	$17.18	16.88

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SNA or VMI?

84.9% of Snap-on shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of Valmont Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of Snap-on shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Valmont Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SNA or VMI?

Snap-on received 33 more outperform votes than Valmont Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.33% of users gave Valmont Industries an outperform vote while only 61.58% of users gave Snap-on an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Snap-on	Outperform Votes 375 61.58%	Underperform Votes 234 38.42%
Valmont Industries	Outperform Votes 342 63.33%	Underperform Votes 198 36.67%

Is SNA or VMI more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Snap-on	21.71%	19.20%	13.13%
Valmont Industries	8.55%	23.15%	10.04%

Do analysts rate SNA or VMI?

Snap-on currently has a consensus target price of $346.40, indicating a potential upside of 5.26%. Valmont Industries has a consensus target price of $402.50, indicating a potential upside of 38.80%. Given Valmont Industries' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Valmont Industries is more favorable than Snap-on.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Snap-on	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Valmont Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is SNA or VMI a better dividend stock?

Snap-on pays an annual dividend of $8.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Valmont Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Snap-on pays out 43.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Valmont Industries pays out 15.8% 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 increased 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, SNA or VMI?

Snap-on has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valmont Industries has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor SNA or VMI?

In the previous week, Snap-on had 2 more articles in the media than Valmont Industries. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Snap-on and 21 mentions for Valmont Industries. Snap-on's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Valmont Industries' score of 0.79 indicating that Snap-on is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Snap-on	17 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Valmont Industries	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Snap-on beats Valmont Industries on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.