GNRC vs. ROK, ENPH, AYI, FELE, WIRE, ENS, BDC, BRC, POWL, and VICR
Should you be buying Generac stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Generac include Rockwell Automation (ROK), Enphase Energy (ENPH), Acuity Brands (AYI), Franklin Electric (FELE), Encore Wire (WIRE), EnerSys (ENS), Belden (BDC), Brady (BRC), Powell Industries (POWL), and Vicor (VICR). These companies are all part of the "electrical components & equipment" industry.
Rockwell Automation (NYSE:ROK) and Generac (NYSE:GNRC) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Rockwell Automation has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Generac has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Rockwell Automation received 131 more outperform votes than Generac when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.11% of users gave Generac an outperform vote while only 55.21% of users gave Rockwell Automation an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Generac had 5 more articles in the media than Rockwell Automation. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Generac and 10 mentions for Rockwell Automation. Generac's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Rockwell Automation's score of 0.65 indicating that Rockwell Automation is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Rockwell Automation currently has a consensus target price of $307.93, suggesting a potential upside of 19.57%. Generac has a consensus target price of $141.05, suggesting a potential downside of 4.18%. Given Generac's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Rockwell Automation is more favorable than Generac.
75.8% of Rockwell Automation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of Generac shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Rockwell Automation shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Generac shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Rockwell Automation has a net margin of 13.19% compared to Rockwell Automation's net margin of 5.68%. Generac's return on equity of 34.83% beat Rockwell Automation's return on equity.
Rockwell Automation has higher revenue and earnings than Generac. Rockwell Automation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Generac, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Rockwell Automation beats Generac on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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