HWM vs. OTIS, PWR, PHM, LEN, NVR, WY, ROL, DHI, WSO, and EME
Should you be buying Howmet Aerospace stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Howmet Aerospace include Otis Worldwide (OTIS), Quanta Services (PWR), PulteGroup (PHM), Lennar (LEN), NVR (NVR), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Rollins (ROL), D.R. Horton (DHI), Watsco (WSO), and EMCOR Group (EME). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM) and Otis Worldwide (NYSE:OTIS) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Howmet Aerospace received 73 more outperform votes than Otis Worldwide when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.83% of users gave Howmet Aerospace an outperform vote while only 22.50% of users gave Otis Worldwide an outperform vote.
90.5% of Howmet Aerospace shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Otis Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Howmet Aerospace shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Otis Worldwide shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Howmet Aerospace has a net margin of 12.53% compared to Otis Worldwide's net margin of 9.99%. Howmet Aerospace's return on equity of 21.33% beat Otis Worldwide's return on equity.
Howmet Aerospace pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Otis Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Howmet Aerospace pays out 9.7% 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.
Otis Worldwide has higher revenue and earnings than Howmet Aerospace. Otis Worldwide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Howmet Aerospace, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Howmet Aerospace had 4 more articles in the media than Otis Worldwide. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Howmet Aerospace and 7 mentions for Otis Worldwide. Howmet Aerospace's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Otis Worldwide's score of 0.45 indicating that Howmet Aerospace is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Howmet Aerospace has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Otis Worldwide has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Howmet Aerospace currently has a consensus price target of $75.00, suggesting a potential downside of 12.08%. Otis Worldwide has a consensus price target of $97.71, suggesting a potential upside of 2.59%. Given Otis Worldwide's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Otis Worldwide is more favorable than Howmet Aerospace.
Summary
Howmet Aerospace beats Otis Worldwide on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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