MIDD vs. AQUA, WBT, SXI, TNC, DOV, IEX, SNA, GGG, NDSN, and PNR
Should you be buying Middleby stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Middleby include Evoqua Water Technologies (AQUA), Welbilt (WBT), Standex International (SXI), Tennant (TNC), Dover (DOV), IDEX (IEX), Snap-on (SNA), Graco (GGG), Nordson (NDSN), and Pentair (PNR).
Middleby (NASDAQ:MIDD) and Evoqua Water Technologies (NYSE:AQUA) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
Middleby received 176 more outperform votes than Evoqua Water Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.25% of users gave Evoqua Water Technologies an outperform vote while only 59.05% of users gave Middleby an outperform vote.
Middleby currently has a consensus target price of $153.43, suggesting a potential upside of 19.02%. Given Middleby's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Middleby is more favorable than Evoqua Water Technologies.
98.6% of Middleby shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Evoqua Water Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Middleby shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Evoqua Water Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Middleby had 11 more articles in the media than Evoqua Water Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Middleby and 0 mentions for Evoqua Water Technologies. Evoqua Water Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Middleby's score of 0.61 indicating that Evoqua Water Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Middleby has a net margin of 9.82% compared to Evoqua Water Technologies' net margin of 4.24%. Evoqua Water Technologies' return on equity of 16.97% beat Middleby's return on equity.
Middleby has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Evoqua Water Technologies has a beta of 1.79, suggesting that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Middleby has higher revenue and earnings than Evoqua Water Technologies. Middleby is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Evoqua Water Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Middleby beats Evoqua Water Technologies on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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