Worthington Enterprises (WOR) Competitors

Worthington Enterprises (NYSE:WOR) and W.W. Grainger (NYSE:GWW) are related companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in WOR or GWW?

51.6% of Worthington Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of W.W. Grainger shares are held by institutional investors. 37.5% of Worthington Enterprises shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of W.W. Grainger shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is WOR or GWW a better dividend stock?

Worthington Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. W.W. Grainger pays an annual dividend of $9.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Worthington Enterprises pays out 35.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. W.W. Grainger pays out 22.9% 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. W.W. Grainger has increased its dividend for 55 consecutive years.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, WOR or GWW?

W.W. Grainger has higher revenue and earnings than Worthington Enterprises. W.W. Grainger is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Worthington Enterprises, 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
Worthington Enterprises	$1.15B	2.80	$96.05M	$1.91	34.00
W.W. Grainger	$17.48B	2.63	$1.91B	$39.41	24.36

Do analysts rate WOR or GWW?

Worthington Enterprises currently has a consensus target price of $59.00, indicating a potential downside of 9.16%. W.W. Grainger has a consensus target price of $1,080.38, indicating a potential upside of 12.52%. Given W.W. Grainger's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe W.W. Grainger is more favorable than Worthington Enterprises.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Worthington Enterprises	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
W.W. Grainger	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17

Does the media favor WOR or GWW?

In the previous week, W.W. Grainger had 33 more articles in the media than Worthington Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for W.W. Grainger and 3 mentions for Worthington Enterprises. W.W. Grainger's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Worthington Enterprises' score of 1.29 indicating that W.W. Grainger is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Worthington Enterprises	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
W.W. Grainger	31 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is WOR or GWW more profitable?

W.W. Grainger has a net margin of 10.99% compared to Worthington Enterprises' net margin of 8.33%. W.W. Grainger's return on equity of 49.63% beat Worthington Enterprises' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Worthington Enterprises	8.33%	16.66%	9.21%
W.W. Grainger	10.99%	49.63%	21.63%

Which has more volatility and risk, WOR or GWW?

Worthington Enterprises has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, W.W. Grainger has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

W.W. Grainger beats Worthington Enterprises on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.