OTIS vs. PWR, MLM, VMC, LEN, HWM, URI, DHI, PHM, NVR, and WY
Should you be buying Otis Worldwide stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Otis Worldwide include Quanta Services (PWR), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), Vulcan Materials (VMC), Lennar (LEN), Howmet Aerospace (HWM), United Rentals (URI), D.R. Horton (DHI), PulteGroup (PHM), NVR (NVR), and Weyerhaeuser (WY). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Quanta Services (NYSE:PWR) and Otis Worldwide (NYSE:OTIS) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.
Quanta Services received 544 more outperform votes than Otis Worldwide when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.14% of users gave Quanta Services an outperform vote while only 22.50% of users gave Otis Worldwide an outperform vote.
90.5% of Quanta Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Otis Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Quanta Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Otis Worldwide shares are owned 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.
Otis Worldwide has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Quanta Services. Otis Worldwide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quanta Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Otis Worldwide has a net margin of 9.99% compared to Otis Worldwide's net margin of 3.57%. Otis Worldwide's return on equity of 16.25% beat Quanta Services' return on equity.
Quanta Services has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Otis Worldwide has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Quanta Services currently has a consensus price target of $262.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.91%. Otis Worldwide has a consensus price target of $97.71, suggesting a potential upside of 0.95%. Given Quanta Services' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Otis Worldwide is more favorable than Quanta Services.
In the previous week, Otis Worldwide had 20 more articles in the media than Quanta Services. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Otis Worldwide and 10 mentions for Quanta Services. Otis Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Quanta Services' score of 0.35 indicating that Quanta Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Quanta Services pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Otis Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Quanta Services pays out 7.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Otis Worldwide pays out 45.1% 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. Quanta Services has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Otis Worldwide has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Otis Worldwide is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Quanta Services beats Otis Worldwide on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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