OTIS vs. MLM, PWR, VMC, HWM, LEN, URI, DHI, PHM, NVR, and ROL
Should you be buying Otis Worldwide stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Otis Worldwide include Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), Quanta Services (PWR), Vulcan Materials (VMC), Howmet Aerospace (HWM), Lennar (LEN), United Rentals (URI), D.R. Horton (DHI), PulteGroup (PHM), NVR (NVR), and Rollins (ROL). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Martin Marietta Materials (NYSE:MLM) and Otis Worldwide (NYSE:OTIS) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Martin Marietta Materials received 466 more outperform votes than Otis Worldwide when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.80% of users gave Martin Marietta Materials an outperform vote while only 21.52% of users gave Otis Worldwide an outperform vote.
Martin Marietta Materials has a net margin of 31.35% compared to Martin Marietta Materials' net margin of 9.99%. Otis Worldwide's return on equity of 14.74% beat Martin Marietta Materials' return on equity.
Otis Worldwide has higher revenue and earnings than Martin Marietta Materials. Martin Marietta Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Otis Worldwide, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Martin Marietta Materials has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Otis Worldwide has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Martin Marietta Materials pays an annual dividend of $2.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Otis Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Martin Marietta Materials pays out 8.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Otis Worldwide pays out 39.3% 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. Martin Marietta Materials has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years and Otis Worldwide has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
95.0% of Martin Marietta Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Otis Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Martin Marietta Materials shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Otis Worldwide shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Otis Worldwide had 8 more articles in the media than Martin Marietta Materials. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Otis Worldwide and 11 mentions for Martin Marietta Materials. Otis Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Martin Marietta Materials' score of 0.65 indicating that Martin Marietta Materials is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Martin Marietta Materials presently has a consensus price target of $610.27, suggesting a potential downside of 0.03%. Otis Worldwide has a consensus price target of $96.86, suggesting a potential downside of 0.25%. Given Otis Worldwide's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Martin Marietta Materials is more favorable than Otis Worldwide.
Summary
Martin Marietta Materials beats Otis Worldwide on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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