OTIS vs. MLM, PWR, VMC, HWM, LEN, URI, DHI, PHM, NVR, and ROL
Should you be buying Otis Worldwide stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Otis Worldwide include Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), Quanta Services (PWR), Vulcan Materials (VMC), Howmet Aerospace (HWM), Lennar (LEN), United Rentals (URI), D.R. Horton (DHI), PulteGroup (PHM), NVR (NVR), and Rollins (ROL). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Otis Worldwide (NYSE:OTIS) and Martin Marietta Materials (NYSE:MLM) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
In the previous week, Otis Worldwide had 4 more articles in the media than Martin Marietta Materials. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Otis Worldwide and 9 mentions for Martin Marietta Materials. Martin Marietta Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Otis Worldwide's score of 0.70 indicating that Martin Marietta Materials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Martin Marietta Materials received 466 more outperform votes than Otis Worldwide when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.89% of users gave Martin Marietta Materials an outperform vote while only 21.52% of users gave Otis Worldwide an outperform vote.
Otis Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Martin Marietta Materials pays an annual dividend of $2.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Otis Worldwide pays out 39.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Martin Marietta Materials pays out 8.8% 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.
Otis Worldwide has higher revenue and earnings than Martin Marietta Materials. Martin Marietta Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Otis Worldwide, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Otis Worldwide currently has a consensus target price of $96.86, suggesting a potential upside of 2.47%. Martin Marietta Materials has a consensus target price of $598.17, suggesting a potential upside of 0.26%. Given Otis Worldwide's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Otis Worldwide is more favorable than Martin Marietta Materials.
88.0% of Otis Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of Martin Marietta Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Otis Worldwide shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Martin Marietta Materials shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Otis Worldwide has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Martin Marietta Materials has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Martin Marietta Materials has a net margin of 31.35% compared to Otis Worldwide's net margin of 9.99%. Martin Marietta Materials' return on equity of 14.74% beat Otis Worldwide's return on equity.
Summary
Martin Marietta Materials beats Otis Worldwide on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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