VNT vs. BMI, KSPI, BR, APTV, BAH, STX, CPAY, OMC, J, and FDS
Should you be buying Vontier stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vontier include Badger Meter (BMI), Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz (KSPI), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Aptiv (APTV), Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), Seagate Technology (STX), Corpay (CPAY), Omnicom Group (OMC), Jacobs Solutions (J), and FactSet Research Systems (FDS).
Badger Meter (NYSE:BMI) and Vontier (NYSE:VNT) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, Badger Meter had 2 more articles in the media than Vontier. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Badger Meter and 3 mentions for Vontier. Badger Meter's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Vontier's score of 1.10 indicating that Vontier is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vontier has a net margin of 14.02% compared to Vontier's net margin of 13.81%. Badger Meter's return on equity of 54.84% beat Vontier's return on equity.
Badger Meter pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Vontier pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Badger Meter pays out 31.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vontier pays out 3.6% 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. Badger Meter has raised its dividend for 31 consecutive years. Badger Meter is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
89.0% of Badger Meter shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.8% of Vontier shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Badger Meter shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Vontier shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Badger Meter received 239 more outperform votes than Vontier when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.79% of users gave Badger Meter an outperform vote while only 47.95% of users gave Vontier an outperform vote.
Badger Meter has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vontier has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Badger Meter currently has a consensus target price of $164.80, indicating a potential downside of 14.59%. Vontier has a consensus target price of $45.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.56%. Given Badger Meter's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vontier is more favorable than Badger Meter.
Vontier has higher revenue and earnings than Badger Meter. Vontier is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Badger Meter, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Vontier beats Badger Meter on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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