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Valmont Industries (VMI) Competitors

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$308.21 +2.10 (+0.69%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:17 PM ET)

VMI vs. SNA, PNR, IEX, GGG, NDSN, SWK, ITT, LECO, WWD, 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), Nordson (NDSN), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), ITT (ITT), Lincoln Electric (LECO), Woodward (WWD), and RBC Bearings (RBC). 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 better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking and profitability.

Valmont Industries currently has a consensus price target of $381.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.62%. Snap-on has a consensus price target of $345.40, suggesting a potential upside of 0.51%. Given Valmont Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Valmont Industries is more favorable than Snap-on.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Valmont Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Snap-on
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Valmont Industries7.38% 23.10% 9.60%
Snap-on 22.13%19.44%13.24%

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Valmont IndustriesOutperform Votes
336
63.16%
Underperform Votes
196
36.84%
Snap-onOutperform Votes
372
61.39%
Underperform Votes
234
38.61%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Valmont Industries$4.05B1.52$143.48M$14.7220.94
Snap-on$4.71B3.83$1.01B$19.4317.69

Valmont Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.40 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 2.5%. Valmont Industries pays out 16.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Snap-on pays out 44.1% 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.

Valmont Industries has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Snap-on has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Snap-on had 2 more articles in the media than Valmont Industries. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Snap-on and 6 mentions for Valmont Industries. Valmont Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Snap-on's score of 1.14 indicating that Valmont Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Valmont Industries
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Snap-on
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

87.8% of Valmont Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.9% of Snap-on shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Valmont Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Snap-on shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Snap-on beats Valmont Industries on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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VMI vs. The Competition

MetricValmont IndustriesFabricated structural metal products IndustryIndustrial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.17B$2.04B$9.22B$19.18B
Dividend Yield0.78%0.49%2.09%3.60%
P/E Ratio20.9418.0921.0841.28
Price / Sales1.521.214.8617.60
Price / Cash16.4814.8019.2621.28
Price / Book4.752.774.225.32
Net Income$143.48M$42.21M$398.18M$989.88M
7 Day Performance-5.98%-3.23%-4.86%-3.54%
1 Month Performance-9.01%1.28%-2.08%-3.68%
1 Year Performance33.77%4.32%15.23%12.14%

Valmont Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VMI
Valmont Industries
4.4243 of 5 stars
$308.21
+0.7%
$381.00
+23.6%
+35.8%$6.17B$4.05B20.9411,125Positive News
High Trading Volume
SNA
Snap-on
4.5435 of 5 stars
$352.14
-0.8%
$345.40
-1.9%
+21.0%$18.49B$4.71B18.282,700Insider Trade
Positive News
PNR
Pentair
4.6885 of 5 stars
$108.03
+0.8%
$109.38
+1.2%
+44.4%$17.85B$4.10B26.7910,500Dividend Increase
Analyst Revision
Positive News
IEX
IDEX
4.5608 of 5 stars
$223.85
+0.4%
$243.14
+8.6%
+0.1%$16.95B$3.19B34.528,800Positive News
GGG
Graco
3.8268 of 5 stars
$87.87
-0.1%
$89.25
+1.6%
-0.3%$14.84B$2.13B31.074,000Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
Positive News
NDSN
Nordson
4.7333 of 5 stars
$225.75
-0.3%
$279.00
+23.6%
-17.8%$12.91B$2.69B27.927,900Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
SWK
Stanley Black & Decker
4.8376 of 5 stars
$83.17
+0.4%
$102.29
+23.0%
-14.7%$12.82B$15.38B-60.4450,500Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
ITT
ITT
4.3822 of 5 stars
$151.51
+0.5%
$166.75
+10.1%
+24.1%$12.35B$3.53B25.7210,600Analyst Downgrade
LECO
Lincoln Electric
3.7546 of 5 stars
$202.65
-0.6%
$225.17
+11.1%
-11.5%$11.43B$4.05B24.3212,000Analyst Revision
Positive News
WWD
Woodward
4.7793 of 5 stars
$175.16
+0.0%
$187.44
+7.0%
+25.0%$10.36B$3.32B29.199,300Analyst Revision
RBC
RBC Bearings
1.7818 of 5 stars
$326.42
-0.4%
$324.67
-0.5%
+11.5%$10.25B$1.56B47.825,302Positive News

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