XYL vs. ITW, PH, IR, DOV, IEX, SNA, GGG, PNR, NDSN, and SWK
Should you be buying Xylem stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Xylem include Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Parker-Hannifin (PH), Ingersoll Rand (IR), Dover (DOV), IDEX (IEX), Snap-on (SNA), Graco (GGG), Pentair (PNR), Nordson (NDSN), and Stanley Black & Decker (SWK). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Illinois Tool Works (NYSE:ITW) and Xylem (NYSE:XYL) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Xylem had 8 more articles in the media than Illinois Tool Works. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Xylem and 10 mentions for Illinois Tool Works. Xylem's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Illinois Tool Works' score of 0.66 indicating that Illinois Tool Works is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Illinois Tool Works has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xylem has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Illinois Tool Works has a net margin of 19.07% compared to Illinois Tool Works' net margin of 8.34%. Xylem's return on equity of 97.82% beat Illinois Tool Works' return on equity.
Illinois Tool Works has higher revenue and earnings than Xylem. Illinois Tool Works is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Xylem, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
79.8% of Illinois Tool Works shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Xylem shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Illinois Tool Works shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Xylem shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Illinois Tool Works pays an annual dividend of $5.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Xylem pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Illinois Tool Works pays out 55.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Xylem pays out 51.2% 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. Illinois Tool Works has raised its dividend for 54 consecutive years and Xylem has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Illinois Tool Works is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Illinois Tool Works presently has a consensus price target of $257.78, suggesting a potential upside of 6.19%. Xylem has a consensus price target of $143.36, suggesting a potential upside of 1.66%. Given Xylem's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Illinois Tool Works is more favorable than Xylem.
Illinois Tool Works received 81 more outperform votes than Xylem when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.97% of users gave Xylem an outperform vote while only 57.28% of users gave Illinois Tool Works an outperform vote.
Summary
Illinois Tool Works beats Xylem on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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