Contrasting ITT (NYSE:ITT) & Falcon’s Beyond Global (NASDAQ:FBYD)

ITT (NYSE:ITT) and Falcon’s Beyond Global (NASDAQ:FBYD) are both multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.

Risk and Volatility

ITT has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Falcon’s Beyond Global has a beta of -3.77, suggesting that its stock price is 477% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares ITT and Falcon’s Beyond Global’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ITT	12.39%	17.74%	10.12%
Falcon’s Beyond Global	19.06%	60.95%	4.06%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares ITT and Falcon’s Beyond Global”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ITT	$3.94 billion	4.98	$488.00 million	$6.11	35.88
Falcon’s Beyond Global	$14.90 million	110.42	$2.84 million	$0.03	452.33

ITT has higher revenue and earnings than Falcon’s Beyond Global. ITT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Falcon’s Beyond Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for ITT and Falcon’s Beyond Global, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ITT	0	1	10	0	2.91
Falcon’s Beyond Global	1	0	0	0	1.00

ITT presently has a consensus price target of $225.55, indicating a potential upside of 2.88%. Given ITT’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe ITT is more favorable than Falcon’s Beyond Global.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

91.6% of ITT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.9% of Falcon’s Beyond Global shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of ITT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.4% of Falcon’s Beyond Global 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

ITT beats Falcon’s Beyond Global on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ITT

ITT Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells engineered critical components and customized technology solutions for the transportation, industrial, and energy markets in the United States and internationally. The Motion Technologies segment manufactures brake pads, shims, shock absorbers, and energy absorption components; and sealing technologies primarily for the transportation industry, including passenger cars, trucks, light- and heavy-duty commercial and military vehicles, buses, and trains. This segment sells its products under ITT Friction Technologies, KONI, Wolverine Advanced Materials, Axtone, Novitek, and GALT. brand names. The Industrial Process segment provides industrial pumps, valves, and plant optimization and remote monitoring systems and services; and aftermarket solutions, such as replacement parts and services. It serves various customers in industries, such as chemical, energy, mining, and other industrial process markets. This segment sells its products under Goulds Pumps, Bornemann, Engineered Valves, PRO Services, C'treat, i-ALERT, Rheinhütte Pumpen, and Habonim brand names. The Connect & Control Technologies segment designs and manufactures a range of engineered connectors and specialized products for critical applications supporting various markets, including aerospace and defense, industrial, transportation, medical, and energy. This segment provides connector products, such as circular, rectangular, radio frequency, fiber optic, D-sub miniature, micro-miniature, and cable assemblies; and control products consist of highly engineered actuation, flow control, energy absorption, environmental control, and composite component solutions for the aerospace, defense, and industrial markets under Cannon, VEAM, BIW Connector Systems, Aerospace Controls, Enidine, Compact Automation, Neo-Dyn Process Controls, Conoflow, and Micro-Mode brand names. The company was incorporated in 1920 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

About Falcon’s Beyond Global

Falcon’s Beyond Global, Inc. is an experiential entertainment development enterprise. It connects the world by bringing stories to life through theme parks, resorts, animation, consumer products, gaming, and movies. The company propels intellectual property activations concurrently across physical and digital experiences through three core business units. Falcon’s Creative Group is a themed entertainment and master planning firm. Falcon’s Beyond Destinations develops, owns, and operates global entertainment destinations from resorts, theme parks, and attractions to retail, dining and location-based entertainment venues. Falcon’s Beyond Brands expands franchises across multiple platforms from media to gaming, music to consumer products and beyond. The firm also invents in immersive rides, attractions and technologies for entertainment destinations around the world. The company was founded on July 8, 2022 and is headquartered in Orlando, FL.