WAB vs. DAL, RYAAY, UAL, LUV, JBHT, EXPD, SAIA, XPO, UHAL, and TFII
Should you be buying Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies include Delta Air Lines (DAL), Ryanair (RYAAY), United Airlines (UAL), Southwest Airlines (LUV), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD), Saia (SAIA), XPO (XPO), U-Haul (UHAL), and TFI International (TFII). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) and Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (NYSE:WAB) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
In the previous week, Delta Air Lines had 1 more articles in the media than Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Delta Air Lines and 37 mentions for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Delta Air Lines' score of 0.47 indicating that Delta Air Lines is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Delta Air Lines has higher revenue and earnings than Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies. Delta Air Lines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Delta Air Lines received 757 more outperform votes than Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.37% of users gave Delta Air Lines an outperform vote while only 66.24% of users gave Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies an outperform vote.
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies has a net margin of 9.20% compared to Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' net margin of 8.48%. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' return on equity of 41.89% beat Delta Air Lines' return on equity.
Delta Air Lines currently has a consensus price target of $58.29, indicating a potential upside of 16.52%. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies has a consensus price target of $156.18, indicating a potential downside of 2.71%. Given Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Delta Air Lines is more favorable than Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies.
Delta Air Lines has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
69.9% of Delta Air Lines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.7% of Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Delta Air Lines shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Delta Air Lines pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Delta Air Lines pays out 5.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies pays out 15.6% 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. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Delta Air Lines is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Delta Air Lines beats Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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