ROP vs. ETN, EMR, AME, ROK, ENPH, GNRC, AYI, WIRE, FELE, and ENS
Should you be buying Roper Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Roper Technologies include Eaton (ETN), Emerson Electric (EMR), AMETEK (AME), Rockwell Automation (ROK), Enphase Energy (ENPH), Generac (GNRC), Acuity Brands (AYI), Encore Wire (WIRE), Franklin Electric (FELE), and EnerSys (ENS). These companies are all part of the "electrical components & equipment" industry.
Roper Technologies (NYSE:ROP) and Eaton (NYSE:ETN) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, profitability, valuation and dividends.
Eaton has higher revenue and earnings than Roper Technologies. Roper Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eaton, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Roper Technologies has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Eaton has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Roper Technologies has a net margin of 23.21% compared to Eaton's net margin of 14.38%. Eaton's return on equity of 20.69% beat Roper Technologies' return on equity.
Roper Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $584.82, suggesting a potential upside of 9.77%. Eaton has a consensus target price of $314.27, suggesting a potential downside of 5.58%. Given Roper Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Roper Technologies is more favorable than Eaton.
In the previous week, Eaton had 4 more articles in the media than Roper Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Eaton and 10 mentions for Roper Technologies. Eaton's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Roper Technologies' score of 1.05 indicating that Eaton is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
93.3% of Roper Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of Eaton shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Roper Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Eaton shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Roper Technologies pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Eaton pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Roper Technologies pays out 21.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eaton pays out 44.4% 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.
Eaton received 351 more outperform votes than Roper Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.59% of users gave Eaton an outperform vote while only 65.24% of users gave Roper Technologies an outperform vote.
Summary
Eaton beats Roper Technologies on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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