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Xylem (XYL) Competitors

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$117.14 +0.71 (+0.61%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

XYL vs. PH, ITW, IR, DOV, SNA, PNR, IEX, GGG, NDSN, and SWK

Should you be buying Xylem stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Xylem include Parker-Hannifin (PH), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Ingersoll Rand (IR), Dover (DOV), Snap-on (SNA), Pentair (PNR), IDEX (IEX), Graco (GGG), Nordson (NDSN), and Stanley Black & Decker (SWK). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.

Xylem vs.

Parker-Hannifin (NYSE:PH) and Xylem (NYSE:XYL) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking and risk.

Parker-Hannifin has a net margin of 14.47% compared to Xylem's net margin of 9.85%. Parker-Hannifin's return on equity of 27.95% beat Xylem's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Parker-Hannifin14.47% 27.95% 11.33%
Xylem 9.85%9.61%6.22%

Parker-Hannifin has higher revenue and earnings than Xylem. Parker-Hannifin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Xylem, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Parker-Hannifin$19.99B4.17$2.84B$22.1429.23
Xylem$8.42B3.38$609M$3.4234.25

82.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Xylem shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Xylem shares are owned 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.

Parker-Hannifin has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xylem has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Parker-Hannifin pays an annual dividend of $6.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Xylem pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Parker-Hannifin pays out 29.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Xylem pays out 42.1% 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. Parker-Hannifin has increased its dividend for 69 consecutive years and Xylem has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years.

Parker-Hannifin currently has a consensus target price of $712.82, indicating a potential upside of 10.14%. Xylem has a consensus target price of $152.20, indicating a potential upside of 29.93%. Given Xylem's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Xylem is more favorable than Parker-Hannifin.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Parker-Hannifin
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88
Xylem
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

In the previous week, Parker-Hannifin and Parker-Hannifin both had 7 articles in the media. Parker-Hannifin's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Xylem's score of 0.71 indicating that Parker-Hannifin is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Parker-Hannifin
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Xylem
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Parker-Hannifin received 196 more outperform votes than Xylem when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.81% of users gave Parker-Hannifin an outperform vote while only 63.19% of users gave Xylem an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Parker-HannifinOutperform Votes
723
63.81%
Underperform Votes
410
36.19%
XylemOutperform Votes
527
63.19%
Underperform Votes
307
36.81%

Summary

Parker-Hannifin beats Xylem on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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XYL vs. The Competition

MetricXylemPumps & pumping equipment IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$28.46B$11.31B$7.22B$19.18B
Dividend Yield1.19%1.30%2.33%3.60%
P/E Ratio34.2529.5528.2941.30
Price / Sales3.383.11406.3717.60
Price / Cash23.0622.1131.0221.28
Price / Book2.783.675.855.32
Net Income$609M$329.12M$126.23M$989.88M
7 Day Performance-2.87%-3.53%4.03%-3.54%
1 Month Performance-6.81%-3.36%8.84%-3.68%
1 Year Performance4.88%7.50%19.33%12.14%

Xylem Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
XYL
Xylem
4.9705 of 5 stars
$117.14
+0.6%
$152.20
+29.9%
+6.8%$28.46B$8.42B34.252,300High Trading Volume
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.7461 of 5 stars
$673.50
+0.3%
$709.65
+5.4%
+44.0%$86.69B$19.99B30.3861,120Analyst Forecast
Positive News
ITW
Illinois Tool Works
3.721 of 5 stars
$271.02
-0.4%
$267.90
-1.2%
+0.8%$80.03B$15.95B23.5445,000Analyst Forecast
Positive News
IR
Ingersoll Rand
4.4346 of 5 stars
$100.05
-1.0%
$107.67
+7.6%
+23.3%$40.32B$7.16B49.3218,000Positive News
DOV
Dover
4.7889 of 5 stars
$200.82
-0.1%
$213.91
+6.5%
+25.4%$27.55B$8.47B17.9825,000Analyst Upgrade
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
$226.00
-0.2%
$279.00
+23.5%
-17.8%$12.92B$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
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