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.
Dover (NYSE:DOV) and Flowserve (NYSE:FLS) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
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.
In the previous week, Dover had 7 more articles in the media than Flowserve. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Dover and 7 mentions for Flowserve. Flowserve's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Dover's score of 1.22 indicating that Dover is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Dover presently has a consensus target price of $185.75, suggesting a potential upside of 4.35%. Flowserve has a consensus target price of $51.55, suggesting a potential upside of 7.72%. Given Dover's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Flowserve is more favorable than Dover.
Dover has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flowserve has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dover pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Flowserve pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Dover pays out 19.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Flowserve pays out 47.5% 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. Flowserve has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Flowserve is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Dover has a net margin of 17.28% compared to Dover's net margin of 5.29%. Flowserve's return on equity of 25.04% beat Dover's return on equity.
84.5% of Dover shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Flowserve shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Dover shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Flowserve shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Dover beats Flowserve on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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