Head-To-Head Survey: Gates Industrial (GTES) and Its Competitors

Gates Industrial (NYSE:GTES) is one of 69 public companies in the “MACH – GENL INDL” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Gates Industrial to related companies based on the strength of its risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Volatility & Risk

Gates Industrial has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gates Industrial’s rivals have a beta of 11.39, indicating that their average stock price is 1,039% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Gates Industrial and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gates Industrial	0	3	6	0	2.67
Gates Industrial Competitors	339	2455	3107	125	2.50

Gates Industrial currently has a consensus target price of $23.56, indicating a potential downside of 3.84%. As a group, “MACH – GENL INDL” companies have a potential upside of 10.89%. Given Gates Industrial’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Gates Industrial has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Gates Industrial and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gates Industrial	$3.41 billion	$194.90 million	29.87
Gates Industrial Competitors	$4.72 billion	$501.64 million	20.73

Gates Industrial’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Gates Industrial. Gates Industrial is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Gates Industrial and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gates Industrial	6.39%	10.15%	5.00%
Gates Industrial Competitors	8.57%	12.70%	7.08%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

98.5% of Gates Industrial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.4% of shares of all “MACH – GENL INDL” companies are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Gates Industrial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of shares of all “MACH – GENL INDL” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Gates Industrial rivals beat Gates Industrial on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

Gates Industrial Company Profile

Gates Industrial Corporation PLC designs and manufactures power transmission equipment. Its products serves harsh and hazardous industries such as agriculture, construction, manufacturing and energy, to everyday consumer applications such as printers, power washers, automatic doors and vacuum cleaners and virtually every form of transportation.