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.
Otis Worldwide (NYSE:OTIS) and Quanta Services (NYSE:PWR) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
In the previous week, Otis Worldwide had 19 more articles in the media than Quanta Services. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Otis Worldwide and 11 mentions for Quanta Services. Quanta Services' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Otis Worldwide's score of 0.46 indicating that Quanta Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Otis Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Quanta Services pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Otis Worldwide pays out 45.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Quanta Services pays out 7.0% 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.
88.0% of Otis Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of Quanta Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Otis Worldwide shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Quanta Services shares are owned 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.
Otis Worldwide has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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 beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quanta Services has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Otis Worldwide has a net margin of 9.99% compared to Quanta Services' net margin of 3.57%. Quanta Services' return on equity of 16.25% beat Otis Worldwide's return on equity.
Otis Worldwide presently has a consensus target price of $97.71, suggesting a potential upside of 0.95%. Quanta Services has a consensus target price of $262.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.91%. Given Otis Worldwide's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Otis Worldwide is more favorable than Quanta Services.
Summary
Quanta Services beats Otis Worldwide on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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