GE vs. UNP, UPS, CNI, CP, CSX, FDX, NSC, ODFL, DAL, and RYAAY
Should you be buying General Electric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of General Electric include Union Pacific (UNP), United Parcel Service (UPS), Canadian National Railway (CNI), Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP), CSX (CSX), FedEx (FDX), Norfolk Southern (NSC), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), Delta Air Lines (DAL), and Ryanair (RYAAY). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) and General Electric (NYSE:GE) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, General Electric had 1 more articles in the media than Union Pacific. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for General Electric and 36 mentions for Union Pacific. Union Pacific's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat General Electric's score of 0.66 indicating that General Electric is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Union Pacific currently has a consensus target price of $259.61, suggesting a potential upside of 9.22%. General Electric has a consensus target price of $172.29, suggesting a potential upside of 5.93%. Given General Electric's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Union Pacific is more favorable than General Electric.
General Electric received 884 more outperform votes than Union Pacific when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.28% of users gave General Electric an outperform vote while only 70.21% of users gave Union Pacific an outperform vote.
General Electric has higher revenue and earnings than Union Pacific. Union Pacific is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than General Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Union Pacific pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. General Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Union Pacific pays out 49.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. General Electric pays out 36.7% 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. General Electric has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
80.4% of Union Pacific shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.8% of General Electric shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Union Pacific shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of General Electric shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Union Pacific has a net margin of 26.52% compared to Union Pacific's net margin of 5.05%. General Electric's return on equity of 44.34% beat Union Pacific's return on equity.
Union Pacific has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General Electric has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
General Electric beats Union Pacific on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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