DHR vs. GE, MMM, CSL, ROP, AME, FTV, KEYS, MKSI, CGNX, and ST
Should you be buying Danaher stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Danaher include General Electric (GE), 3M (MMM), Carlisle Companies (CSL), Roper Technologies (ROP), AMETEK (AME), Fortive (FTV), Keysight Technologies (KEYS), MKS Instruments (MKSI), Cognex (CGNX), and Sensata Technologies (ST).
Danaher (NYSE:DHR) and General Electric (NYSE:GE) are both large-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and profitability.
Danaher currently has a consensus target price of $267.31, indicating a potential upside of 4.09%. General Electric has a consensus target price of $176.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.58%. Given General Electric's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe General Electric is more favorable than Danaher.
Danaher has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General Electric has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
General Electric has higher revenue and earnings than Danaher. Danaher is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than General Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
General Electric received 1086 more outperform votes than Danaher when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.29% of users gave General Electric an outperform vote while only 74.73% of users gave Danaher an outperform vote.
Danaher has a net margin of 16.78% compared to General Electric's net margin of 5.05%. General Electric's return on equity of 12.54% beat Danaher's return on equity.
Danaher pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. General Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Danaher pays out 18.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. General Electric pays out 36.7% 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.
79.1% of Danaher shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.8% of General Electric shares are held by institutional investors. 11.1% of Danaher shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of General Electric 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.
In the previous week, General Electric had 13 more articles in the media than Danaher. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for General Electric and 9 mentions for Danaher. Danaher's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat General Electric's score of 0.59 indicating that Danaher is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
General Electric beats Danaher on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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