WAB vs. DAL, RYAAY, UAL, LUV, JBHT, EXPD, SAIA, XPO, UHAL, and TFII
Should you be buying Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies include Delta Air Lines (DAL), Ryanair (RYAAY), United Airlines (UAL), Southwest Airlines (LUV), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD), Saia (SAIA), XPO (XPO), U-Haul (UHAL), and TFI International (TFII). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (NYSE:WAB) and Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Delta Air Lines pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies pays out 15.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Delta Air Lines pays out 5.1% 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. Delta Air Lines is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies has a net margin of 9.20% compared to Delta Air Lines' net margin of 8.48%. Delta Air Lines' return on equity of 41.89% beat Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' return on equity.
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Delta Air Lines has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
91.7% of Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.9% of Delta Air Lines shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Delta Air Lines shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Delta Air Lines received 757 more outperform votes than Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.37% of users gave Delta Air Lines an outperform vote while only 66.24% of users gave Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies an outperform vote.
Delta Air Lines has higher revenue and earnings than Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies. Delta Air Lines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $156.18, indicating a potential downside of 4.32%. Delta Air Lines has a consensus price target of $58.29, indicating a potential upside of 15.52%. Given Delta Air Lines' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Delta Air Lines is more favorable than Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies.
In the previous week, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies had 4 more articles in the media than Delta Air Lines. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies and 36 mentions for Delta Air Lines. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Delta Air Lines' score of 0.47 indicating that Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Delta Air Lines beats Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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