JBT vs. WWD, LECO, ITT, DCI, CR, RBC, MIDD, MLI, WTS, and FLS
Should you be buying John Bean Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of John Bean Technologies include Woodward (WWD), Lincoln Electric (LECO), ITT (ITT), Donaldson (DCI), Crane (CR), RBC Bearings (RBC), Middleby (MIDD), Mueller Industries (MLI), Watts Water Technologies (WTS), and Flowserve (FLS). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
John Bean Technologies (NYSE:JBT) and Woodward (NASDAQ:WWD) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends and risk.
Woodward received 15 more outperform votes than John Bean Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.62% of users gave John Bean Technologies an outperform vote while only 58.70% of users gave Woodward an outperform vote.
John Bean Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Woodward pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. John Bean Technologies pays out 2.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Woodward pays out 17.5% 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.
John Bean Technologies has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Woodward has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
John Bean Technologies has a net margin of 36.12% compared to Woodward's net margin of 11.09%. Woodward's return on equity of 16.50% beat John Bean Technologies' return on equity.
John Bean Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Woodward. John Bean Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Woodward, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
98.9% of John Bean Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Woodward shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of John Bean Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Woodward shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Woodward had 3 more articles in the media than John Bean Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Woodward and 3 mentions for John Bean Technologies. Woodward's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat John Bean Technologies' score of 1.04 indicating that Woodward is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
John Bean Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $121.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.90%. Woodward has a consensus price target of $174.38, suggesting a potential downside of 3.77%. Given John Bean Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe John Bean Technologies is more favorable than Woodward.
Summary
Woodward beats John Bean Technologies on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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