CSL vs. MKL, ITT, IEP, FSS, MMM, IAC, GFF, WOR, BATRA, and VGR
Should you be buying Carlisle Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carlisle Companies include Markel Group (MKL), ITT (ITT), Icahn Enterprises (IEP), Federal Signal (FSS), 3M (MMM), IAC (IAC), Griffon (GFF), Worthington Enterprises (WOR), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), and Vector Group (VGR). These companies are all part of the "multi-sector conglomerates" sector.
Carlisle Companies (NYSE:CSL) and Markel Group (NYSE:MKL) are both large-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Markel Group has higher revenue and earnings than Carlisle Companies. Markel Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carlisle Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Carlisle Companies had 7 more articles in the media than Markel Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Carlisle Companies and 11 mentions for Markel Group. Markel Group's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Carlisle Companies' score of 0.26 indicating that Markel Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Carlisle Companies received 143 more outperform votes than Markel Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.08% of users gave Carlisle Companies an outperform vote while only 60.04% of users gave Markel Group an outperform vote.
Carlisle Companies presently has a consensus target price of $416.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.39%. Markel Group has a consensus target price of $1,520.00, indicating a potential downside of 8.61%. Given Carlisle Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Carlisle Companies is more favorable than Markel Group.
89.5% of Carlisle Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of Markel Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Carlisle Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Markel Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Carlisle Companies has a net margin of 17.13% compared to Markel Group's net margin of 15.23%. Carlisle Companies' return on equity of 30.41% beat Markel Group's return on equity.
Carlisle Companies has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Markel Group has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Carlisle Companies beats Markel Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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