CMI vs. F, GM, PCAR, LI, MBLY, GPC, MGA, LKQ, RIVN, and STLA
Should you be buying Cummins stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cummins include Ford Motor (F), General Motors (GM), PACCAR (PCAR), Li Auto (LI), Mobileye Global (MBLY), Genuine Parts (GPC), Magna International (MGA), LKQ (LKQ), Rivian Automotive (RIVN), and Stellantis (STLA). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
Cummins (NYSE:CMI) and Ford Motor (NYSE:F) are both large-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Cummins has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ford Motor has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cummins pays an annual dividend of $6.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Ford Motor pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Cummins pays out 49.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ford Motor pays out 61.9% 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.
Ford Motor has higher revenue and earnings than Cummins. Ford Motor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cummins, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Ford Motor had 3 more articles in the media than Cummins. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Ford Motor and 33 mentions for Cummins. Ford Motor's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Cummins' score of 0.55 indicating that Ford Motor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cummins presently has a consensus target price of $284.36, indicating a potential downside of 0.92%. Ford Motor has a consensus target price of $13.89, indicating a potential upside of 15.39%. Given Ford Motor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ford Motor is more favorable than Cummins.
83.5% of Cummins shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.7% of Ford Motor shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Cummins shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Ford Motor shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ford Motor received 977 more outperform votes than Cummins when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.21% of users gave Ford Motor an outperform vote while only 62.92% of users gave Cummins an outperform vote.
Cummins has a net margin of 5.70% compared to Ford Motor's net margin of 2.21%. Cummins' return on equity of 25.38% beat Ford Motor's return on equity.
Summary
Ford Motor beats Cummins on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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