FLS vs. DOV, IEX, SNA, GGG, PNR, NDSN, SWK, WWD, LECO, and ITT
Should you be buying Flowserve stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Flowserve include Dover (DOV), IDEX (IEX), Snap-on (SNA), Graco (GGG), Pentair (PNR), Nordson (NDSN), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), Woodward (WWD), Lincoln Electric (LECO), and ITT (ITT). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Flowserve (NYSE:FLS) and Dover (NYSE:DOV) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Dover has a net margin of 17.28% compared to Flowserve's net margin of 5.29%. Dover's return on equity of 25.04% beat Flowserve's return on equity.
Flowserve currently has a consensus price target of $51.55, suggesting a potential upside of 3.71%. Dover has a consensus price target of $185.75, suggesting a potential upside of 1.05%. Given Flowserve's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Flowserve is more favorable than Dover.
Dover received 155 more outperform votes than Flowserve when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.87% of users gave Flowserve an outperform vote while only 61.60% of users gave Dover an outperform vote.
Flowserve has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dover has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dover has higher revenue and earnings than Flowserve. Dover is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flowserve, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Dover had 15 more articles in the media than Flowserve. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Dover and 9 mentions for Flowserve. Flowserve's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Dover's score of -0.04 indicating that Flowserve is being referred to more favorably in the media.
93.9% of Flowserve shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.5% of Dover shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Flowserve shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Dover shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Flowserve pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Dover pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Flowserve pays out 47.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dover pays out 19.6% 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.
Summary
Dover beats Flowserve on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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