ROK vs. EMR, ROP, AME, ENPH, GNRC, AYI, FELE, WIRE, ENS, and BDC
Should you be buying Rockwell Automation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rockwell Automation include Emerson Electric (EMR), Roper Technologies (ROP), AMETEK (AME), Enphase Energy (ENPH), Generac (GNRC), Acuity Brands (AYI), Franklin Electric (FELE), Encore Wire (WIRE), EnerSys (ENS), and Belden (BDC). These companies are all part of the "electrical components & equipment" industry.
Rockwell Automation (NYSE:ROK) and Emerson Electric (NYSE:EMR) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Rockwell Automation pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Emerson Electric pays an annual dividend of $2.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Rockwell Automation pays out 48.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Emerson Electric pays out 11.2% 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.
75.8% of Rockwell Automation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.3% of Emerson Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Rockwell Automation shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Emerson Electric shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Emerson Electric has a net margin of 64.97% compared to Rockwell Automation's net margin of 13.19%. Rockwell Automation's return on equity of 34.83% beat Emerson Electric's return on equity.
Rockwell Automation presently has a consensus price target of $307.93, indicating a potential upside of 19.57%. Emerson Electric has a consensus price target of $120.56, indicating a potential upside of 7.49%. Given Rockwell Automation's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Rockwell Automation is more favorable than Emerson Electric.
Rockwell Automation has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Emerson Electric has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Emerson Electric received 93 more outperform votes than Rockwell Automation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.16% of users gave Emerson Electric an outperform vote while only 55.21% of users gave Rockwell Automation an outperform vote.
Emerson Electric has higher revenue and earnings than Rockwell Automation. Emerson Electric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rockwell Automation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Emerson Electric had 2 more articles in the media than Rockwell Automation. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Emerson Electric and 10 mentions for Rockwell Automation. Rockwell Automation's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Emerson Electric's score of 0.89 indicating that Rockwell Automation is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Emerson Electric beats Rockwell Automation on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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