AMCR vs. BRC, HI, ARRY, ODC, DAKT, AGS, VTSI, DOGZ, MWG, and SHPW
Should you be buying Amcor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amcor include Brady (BRC), Hillenbrand (HI), Array Technologies (ARRY), Oil-Dri Co. of America (ODC), Daktronics (DAKT), PlayAGS (AGS), VirTra (VTSI), Dogness (International) (DOGZ), Multi Ways (MWG), and Shapeways (SHPW). These companies are all part of the "miscellaneous manufacturing industries" industry.
Amcor (NYSE:AMCR) and Brady (NYSE:BRC) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Brady has a net margin of 14.22% compared to Amcor's net margin of 4.75%. Amcor's return on equity of 24.66% beat Brady's return on equity.
In the previous week, Brady had 14 more articles in the media than Amcor. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Brady and 7 mentions for Amcor. Amcor's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Brady's score of 0.30 indicating that Amcor is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Amcor pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Brady pays an annual dividend of $0.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Amcor pays out 111.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brady pays out 24.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Amcor presently has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.67%. Brady has a consensus target price of $65.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.79%. Given Amcor's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Amcor is more favorable than Brady.
Brady received 305 more outperform votes than Amcor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.55% of users gave Brady an outperform vote while only 52.94% of users gave Amcor an outperform vote.
Amcor has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brady has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
45.1% of Amcor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of Brady shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Amcor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.6% of Brady shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Amcor has higher revenue and earnings than Brady. Brady is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amcor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Brady beats Amcor on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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